Turnout estimated at above 50 per cent in vote marking first democratic transfer of power in country's modern history.

Tunisians go to the polls on 23 November to choose a new leader in what is hoped to be the first genuinely free presidential election in the country's history. The BBC explains the background to the el...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In a rare convergence of opinion between Nigeria's ever-squabbling government and the opposition, both have agreed to work hard to ensure violence-free general elections next mo...

[Algerie Presse Service]Zurich -Algeria won five places to leap to the 15th position of the FIFA October's rankings published Thursday. This is a historical ranking in the history of the Algerian footb...

New York, US (PANA) - President Salva Kirr of South Sudan on Saturday said his government is deeply committed to "talk peace with the rebels to close this dark chapter in our country's history, so the ...

[Algerie Presse Service]Algiers -Minister of Mujahideen (war veterans) Tayeb Zitouni said, Monday in Algiers, that the best way to respond to colonial France was to value our history and highlight Alge...

Somalia#039;s government has launched its first postal service in more than two decades. It has also introduced postcodes nationwide for the first time in the country#039;s history. The postal service ...

Osogbo, Nigeria (PANA) ? For the first time in the over 600-year history of the Osun Osogbo festival in southwest Nigeria, worshippers, local and foreign tourists as well as fun seekers at the grand fi...

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling This week when the Obama Administration announced it had evacuated its personnel from its embassy in Tripoli, it brought back memories of Saigon. But befo...

Authorities say a top Sierra Leone doctor treating Ebola victims in the country has died from the disease. The death came amid the largest outbreak of the haemorrhagic disease in history, deaths blamed...