Only two African countries are fully prepared to face a global pandemic if one should break out.

Britain has opened a formal investigation into suspicions of corruption at British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries, nearly two years after allegations of bribery in Africa first surface

Seychelles has banned the importation, sale and commercial use of plastic bags, cups, plates and cutlery.

Several homes in parts of Ghana’s capital, Accra, have been submerged and hundreds of families displaced after the a major dam was recently spilled by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).

Kenyans on Tuesday evening took to social media to celebrate a rare case of snow falling in the East African country.

Pop icon Beyonce is throwing her superstar power behind a new effort to bring safe, clean water to children in Burundi in a partnership with UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Fr

Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana on Tuesday suspended poultry imports from South Africa with immediate effect following outbreaks of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu.

Ethiopia says the United Nations estimate of number of people who will be affected by an imminent shortage of emergency food aid has been overstated.

Authorities in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, have started disbursement of compensation to persons affected by a deadly landslide that hit the country in March this year.

Egypt has set a total subsidy bill of 330 billion Egyptian pounds ($18.23 billion) in its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year beginning in July, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Monday.