Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi were killed when security forces stormed the sites they occupied in...

Namibia is a country largely consisting of desert but it is still badly affected by its worst drought in three...

Amnesty International and the Lagos-based Social and Economic Rights Action Centre have released a report documenting what they call unlawful...

South African and American military units have carried out joint exercises designed to "increase the ability of both forces to...

Cybermetrics Lab, a research group, launched an initiative called, ?Webometrics Ranking of World Universities". Based off statistics gathered on impact,...

Granta Best Young British Novelists Granta, a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom, published a list of 20...

Reporters Without Borders released their 2013 Press Freedom Index, ranking 179 countries on their restrictions of the press. The ability...

Zimbabwe's voters flocked to the polls to elect a president and members of the legislature on July 31.

With no official winner announced in the first round of Mali's presidential election, supporters of the 27 candidates were waiting...

Africa is boosting its role in the world's demographics. The United Nations' updated population predictions have Africa in a unique...