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Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that she has not accepted gifts since becoming wife of the president and did not have plans to change that position. Mrs Buhari was speaking at the unveiling of a new campaign against corruption tagged,...

The World Bank Group has praised Ethiopia for its respectable economic performance in spite of biting drought affecting the entire Horn of Africa region. “Economic growth remained at a respectable 8% in 2015/16, which is impressive especially compared to previous drought situations which often resulted...

Heavy fighting between pro-Islamic State (IS) militants and Somalia's Puntland state forces for the control of the port town of Qandala has displaced 25, 700 people since late October, a UN body said Wednesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said a...

More than 400,000 refugees at Dadaab and Kakuma camps are staring at starvation in the wake of severe funding cuts. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Wednesday said Sh1.4 billion food aid is required to ensure survival of the refugees. The agency said it...

BANJUL Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has ruthlessly pursued opponents real and imaginary, and implied more than once that he would kill anyone who defied him. His magnanimous concession speech and promise of a swift handover to president-elect Adama Barrow after 22 years in power has therefore...

My friend Berenika Stefanska, who has died aged 33 in a light aircraft accident in Kenya, was a freelance journalist and modern-day adventurer. Living in Nairobi, she reported for Reuters from South Sudan on the first day of its independence in 2011, and often...

Three Somali startups have shared US$15,000 in investment after coming out on top of the demo day that was the culmination of the inaugural Innovate Ventures accelerator programme. Disrupt Africa reported earlier this year Innovate Ventures announced the 12 early-stage Somali startups accepted onto the...

MEUREUDU At least 25 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, local officials said. The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake struck Pidie Jaya district at dawn, as some in the predominantly Muslim region prepared for...

The fate of the passengers and cause of the accident is unclear. Yemen's government has requested rescue help from the Saudi-led coalition. A passenger ship carrying more than 60 people sank in the Indian Ocean off Yemen's Socotra Island, the war ravaged country's fisheries minister...

By Andrea Shalal and Amy Tennery | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency - saying costs...