A prominent National Unity Platform (NUP) parliamentary hopeful in Mubende has caused uproar after declaring she will not support any other candidate if the party denies her the flag for the Mubende ...

As Uganda edges closer to the 2026 general elections, a storm of concern is brewing over the integrity of the country's electoral processes.

Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa have surged by nearly 60 percent since 2021, though this is marked by widely varying regional threat trajectories, actors, and objectives.

Al-Shabaab militants have captured the strategic central Somali town of Mahaas district, in Hiiran region of Somalia's Hirshabelle State, following heavy clashes with Somali government forces and ...

The federal government has lamented the rising cases of Hepatitis B in the country, regretting that over 8.1 percent of the Nigerian population is infected with disease in spite of the availability of ...

The Zamfara State Government has reacted to the brutal execution of innocent captives by a terrorist gang operating in the region, vowing to bring the full weight of justice upon those responsible.

More than 40 people were killed Sunday in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces rebels in northeastern DR Congo, ending a months-long period of regional calm, the UN mission and Congolese military ...

This year's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report also examines the causes and consequences of recent food inflation Addis Ababa -- An estimated 8.2 percent of the global ...