A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: A stall holder selling second-hand shoes looks on as a train moves through a slum area of Kenya#039;s capital, Nairobi, on Thursd...

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: A boy in Sao Tome, capital of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago nation of Sao Tome and Principe, sits on a coastal balustrade trying...

[IRIN]Tripoli -Things are bad in Libya right now. Black smoke from a massive fuel depot fire has been lingering over the heads of the residents of the capital Tripoli for more than four weeks. While th...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) ? The Nigerien Armed Forces on Tuesday received a donation of military equipment including trucks, generators, ambulances, radio transmitters, water and fuel tanks worth 4 billion ...

(Source: SAFA - South African Football Association) Coach of the South African Men's U20 National Team (Amajita) Shakes Mashaba says he is not perturbed by the loss to Mali in their second game of prep...

(Source: SAFA - South African Football Association) A slip by goalkeeper Dumisani Msibi in the 40th minute at a rain-soaked Stade Modibo Keita in Bamako saw Mali striker Abramane Fane score the only go...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Australian Government will provide a further US$5 million in humanitarian assistance to Somalia to provide Somalis in need with emergency food, water sanitation, shelter and...

African Union (AU) troops have raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says.

Tunis,Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian navy has seized an Egyptian fishing boat off the Tunisian territorial waters, near the border with Libya, the Tunisian Ministry of Defence announced on Sun...

At least 40,000 people who fled fighting in South Sudan are staying in horrific conditions at a UN camp, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Many were living in knee-deep, sewage-contaminated floodwat...