Africa

With a new outbreak of violence erupting in the Central African Republic (CAR), a senior United Nations humanitarian official today urged warring parties to protect vulnerable civilian populations as a matter of priority and ensure free movements of relief aid workers.

The first bobsleigh team from Africa are on the verge of qualifying for the 2018 Olympics.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has confirmed the deaths of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had been missing since 12 March, and vowed that the Organization would do &#8220everything possible&#8221 to ensure that justice is done.

In African and Middle Eastern countries facing famine, unsafe water is as dangerous for severely malnourished children as lack of food, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) today warned, noting that nearly 27 million people are at risk in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

Flights were temporarily halted on Tuesday evening after protestors locked themselves in an aircraft.

The bodies of a US man and a Swedish woman are found two weeks after they were abducted.

Video footage shows Endurance Amalawa being attacked by a mob in India.

Crimes against humanity charges relate to the deadly violence after the 2010 presidential elections.

Visiting a traditional fishing community in Senegal, the President of the United Nations General Assembly has called on the countries in the region to prioritize conserving and sustainably managing their marine resources.

The United Nations and regional partner organizations today expressed deep concern about the situation in the central Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where at least two United Nations experts disappeared two weeks ago and dozens of police officers were reportedly found dead.

Violence erupts after negotiations aimed at ending President Kabila's 17 years in power break down.

Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in prison for his activism, was a close associate of Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has paid tribute to the South African anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Kathrada, who has died aged 87.

South Sudan thrash Djibouti to join Comoros, who beat Mauritius, in the group stage of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ahmed Kathrada, one of the big names of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle has died at the age of 87.

The disease has infected more than 1,000 people in one of the worst outbreaks for years.

Angry crowds near Delhi blamed the students for the death of a teenager from a suspected overdose.

A pitch invasion sees Senegal's Lamine Gassama tackled by a fan as their friendly with Ivory Coast in Paris is abandoned.

Millions of children are on the brink of starvation in the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) today warned, urgently calling for nearly $255 million to respond to immediate needs in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

An area infamous for its high crime rate is now being associated with academic excellence.