The higher wage has already prompted loud outcries from business leaders who warn they will be forced to mechanize, lay off workers or close their farms. ...

Gen. Carter Ham of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom), at a talk at Howard University, admitted his forces had failed to train Malian troops on "values, ethics and a military ethos". ...

The AU Commission said that the actual date should be celebrated with cultural activities, debates, school contests and public enquiries ...

Kenyans celebrate the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, whose father was a native of Kenya. ...

The anti-rape mantra has drawn support from all corners. ...

A crowd of 50,000 had gathered in Abidjan inside Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium to watch a firework display ...

African countries south of the Sahara present one of the greatest regional growth opportunities in the world. ...

Three elderly Kenyans won a major victory in Britain’s High Court, giving them the green light to demand compensation for torture ...

In an unprecedented upsurge in deadly violence, some 30 civilians were shot dead by uniformed troops in northern Nigeria ...

A Nigerian High Court has awarded a local journalist over half a million dollars for a brutal beating he received while covering a protest at a local bank. ...