Bamako (AFP) - Suspected jihadists on Tuesday killed four Malian soldiers in an attack in the restive northern region of Timbuktu, the French army and a local source said. The dawn raid on an army camp took place in the remote Gourma Rharous region, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the ancient city of Timbuktu. The attack took place at 5 ...

Lusaka (AFP) - Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday claimed he was assault by police during his arrest as he appeared in court on charges of obstructing the presidential motorcade. The leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND), who appeared before a magistrates court, is facing two separate charges over ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast 2.6 percent growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year, aided by a modest recovery in large economies South Africa, Nigeria and Angola. Growth is projected to rise to 2.6 percent in 2017 and 3.5 percent in 2018, largely driven by specific factors in the largest economies, whic ...

Parents in Zimbabwe can now pay the school fees of their children using livestock. That is the announcement from the country rsquo;s government. Zimbabwe rsquo;s Minister Lazarus Dokora has said that managers of schools must be willing to accept the new mode of payment. The Finance minister of Zimbabwe, Patrick Chinamasa has already to ...

Nairobi (AFP) - The UN rights chief on Tuesday condemned the feared youth wing of Burundi's ruling party for repeatedly calling for the rape and murder of opposition supporters. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said the calls for violence -- which often took the form of songs or chants -- by members of the Imbonerakure youth wing of the CNND-FDD party amou ...

Geneva (AFP) - Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world's most protected natural sites, environmental campaigners WWF warned Tuesday. Natural world heritage sites such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo an ...