Uganda has signed two oil production agreements with an Anglo-Irish firm, Tullow oil. The agreements allow the company to finalize a long-delayed $2.9 billion asset sale to France's Total and China's...

The United Nations refugee agency says it is alarmed by reports of renewed atrocities committed against internally displaced Congolese. The UNHCR says it has reports of IDPs (internally displaced...

Somalia's famine has ended but drought in the Horn of Africa region continues to pose a threat to the area, the UN has said.

"Long-awaited rains coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the...

The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the...

A black ribbon on the tie of Sudan's coach Mohamed Abdallah in solidarity with the victims of Port Said stadium in Egypt, as he holds his hand across his breast during a minutes silence at the...

South Africa's ruling ANC suspended fiery youth leader Julius Malema on Saturday, dismissing his appeal against a disciplinary finding and quashing one of President Jacob Zuma's biggest...

Bata, Equatorial Guinea – Stoppila Sunzu, Christopher Katongo and James Chamanga scored as Zambia overcame 10-man Sudan 3-0 Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a...

Libreville – History may be knocking on Gabon's door but coach Gernot Rohr was the epitome of calm on the eve of his team's quarter-final with Mali here on...

BATA, Equatorial Guinea (AP) - Zambia became the first team to reach the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a 3-0 win over a Sudan team reduced to 10 players.
Zambia will next play on...

Bata - Zambia strode into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with a one-sided 3-0 win over Sudan to book a last four place for the first time in 16 years. They now await either Ghana or Tunisia as...

When will this cricket season please start? It is taking far too long to produce genuine cricket excitement. The HRV Cup had its moments but let's face it; that was domestic cricket. I was so excited...

The national government gave no names and provided few specifics. But a visitor doesn't have to spend much time in this province of 5 million people before seeing suspended or abandoned...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 4. THE February issue of Swimming World Magazine features an Olympic preview entitled Lane Lines to London, sponsored by Competitor Swim...

NAIROBI, Kenya -; A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus. Kenya Red Cross spokesman Fredrick Gori said Saturday that the Friday night...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus. Kenya Red Cross spokesman Fredrick Gori said Saturday that the Friday...

By Durosimi Thomas 1605: And they're off with the score at 0-0 after 5 minutes. 1558: With minutes to go Matthew tweets that the stadium is still empty. 1556: Sudan make only one change...

Julius Malema has lost an appeal against a decision by South Africa's ruling party to suspend him. He was suspended from the African National Congress (ANC) for five years for sowing division...

These pictures of cancer survivors from different countries around the world were put together by the BBC Russian Service to mark World Cancer Day on 4 February. Simon James, UK: "In 2006 I was...

Kenya Red Cross spokesman Fredrick Gori said Saturday that the Friday night accident in Kisumu city happened after a truck hit a 14-seater minibus carrying excess passengers. He says the cause of...

The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago to villages across the region. Instead, they have become a symbol of government greed...

Johannesburg - Convictions handed down by the National Disciplinary Committee to ANC Youth League leaders were upheld by an appeals committee on Saturday. However, the embattled leadership was...

Kisumu - At least 26 people are dead following a grisly road accident that occurred on Friday night on the busy Kisumu-Kakamega highway at the Mamboleo black spot. The accident involving two Nissan...

Bishop of Kotido on Evangelization, Education and DevelopmentROME, JAN. 27, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The bishop of Kotido explains that his diocese is the poorest in the central African country of Uganda....

UK-based Charity Seen as Prism for Global DynamicBy Edward PentinROME, JAN. 26, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Kakuru, age 22, greets you with a beaming smile as you enter his small mud hut in the remote Kagera...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An appeals panel of South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute,...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday threw out an appeal by its fiery youth league leader, Julius Malema, to overturn his suspension, but said he could argue for a lighter...

The hills around Nyeri will reverberate with the roar of turbo-charged machines when the KCB Micro Banking Rally goes to the slopes of Mount Kenya on...

But Zambia will prove stern opposition after they topped their group and the Chipolopolo are seeking their first semi-final appearance since...

"Cancer of the thyroid is one of the cancers in human beings that are curable when diagnosis and treatment is done early," Dr David Ndirangu, head of the nuclear medicine unit at KNH,...

Uganda on Friday signed production agreements with Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, allowing the company to finalise a long-delayed $2.9 billion asset sale to France's Total and China's CNOOC. ...

Mali in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals tomorrow.The co-hosts have defied predictions since battle began a fortnight ago, claiming the scalps of previous winners Morocco and Tunisia, as...

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Julius Malema, leader of the Youth League of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, lost an appeal against his suspension from the party, the disciplinary...