An ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has particularly affected children, the UN's children agency, UNICEF, said after more ... Read more »

The top Africa official in the Trump administration says he is an 'Afro-optimist'. In his fist interview since assuming office last month as Assistant Secretary of State for ... Read more »

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma launched a new program on his first visit to South Africa to support and fund African entrepreneurs who are working to address Africa's most important ... Read more »

Police arrested 10 pupils at a classmate's home "doing bad manners" as one of them described it. Read more »

South Africa's Traigh Pathon, the youngest member of the prestigious Royal Cape Golf Club in Cape Town, will compete in the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship at the famous ... Read more »

The attorney general will be sending a team of investigators to find out more about the death of the girl, Deeqa, who suffered severe bleeding after her mother took her to a ... Read more »

Authorities are now calling for amendment of the Alcoholic Drinks Act to regulate online liquor sales, saying the gap in the law is posing a big challenge in curbing underage ... Read more »

Burundi has joined Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Togo in applying a punitive and discriminatory school policy against pregnant girls and teenage mothers. This new ... Read more »

The 175 boys and eight girls - whose ages range from eight to 18 years - were freed in Maiduguri, after being cleared of any association with the group. Read more »

The army has said that it rescued a girl child abandoned by Boko Haram militants who fled after spotting them. The army also recovered weapons during their clearance patrol at ... Read more »