In the west African country of Benin, Christianity and voodoo are not mutually exclusive...

Two people died after a gas depot explosion in Giakanja, Nyeri in Kenya.

The Nigerian Strike has fiercely continued despite the call for a state of emergency by the president.

View of northern Kenya from the air. Northern Kenya has been affected by the now infamous Horn of Africa drought,...

Femi and other rats are trained to find land mines by the Belgian-Tanzanian APOPO company.

Christmas is a time to be reminded of the ancient traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, an institution which traces...

Heavy rains lashed Dar es Salaam for three consecutive days...

Protests against soaring fuel prices swept Nigeria this week. Petrol prices more than doubled in some areas after the government...

The helicopter that carried Cabinet ministers Franklin Bett and Noah Wekesa crash landed at Kaptarkok Primary School in Kenya.

Ongoing fighting and famine are driving a growing number of Somalis to refugee camps in neighbouring Ethiopia.