The famadihana, a ritual in which relatives remove the dead from their tombs in an atmosphere of celebration, continues among various faiths in the island nation.
The new president of Nigeria’s electoral commission must organize the next election, but there is no election date, no candidate list and no real list of voters.
The Protection of Information Bill and a plan for a media tribunal have come amid increasing hostility between the governing African National Congress and the press.
South Africa is providing companies with financial help as it tries to take advantage of an opportunity to create jobs and advance economically in the African market.
Donors have not yet committed enough money for studies needed to confirm a promising South African trial of a microbicide and to get the product to women.
Kenya on Friday granted the International Criminal Court tax exemptions and immunity from legal challenges that it needs to open an office in the country.
Rwandan outrage over a report suggesting that its troops might have been responsible for genocide in Congo prompted the United Nations to delay the official release for a month.
A judge will review if a government witness can testify in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, charged with plotting the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa.
The streets of Mogadishu, Somalia’s besieged capital, were finally quiet on Wednesday, after 10 days of heaving fighting that has claimed more than 100 lives.
Negotiations were continuing on the government’s offer to give more than a million public employees pay raises of 7.5 percent, double the inflation rate.
Hundreds of thousands of striking nurses, teachers and other public employees on Tuesday considered the government’s sweetened offer of a 7.5 percent pay raise.
Doubts about the guilt of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland are being explored in stage in Edinburgh.
Naomi Campbell appeared at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, on Thursday to testify about a gift of rough diamonds. Her account clashed with that of Mia Farrow, who is expected to testify next week.
Video from Kampala, Uganda, where at least 64 people were killed when bombs exploded Sunday in a synchronized attack on large gatherings of World Cup soccer fans watching the televised final on outdoor screens at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant.
