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Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on Monday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics accuse the government of tightening control of internet content.

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At least 10 people in Mozambique, a country with around 29 million people, had their heads cut off recently in what is suspected to be an Islamist group attack.

Congo's Ministry of Health says the number of confirmed Ebola cases has reached 30, including eight deaths.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially applied for Zimbabwe to re-join the Commonwealth it left in 2003 and has invited the grouping of former British colonies to send observers to its general elections set for July.

World agencies and neighbouring countries on Friday hiked their response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the toll from the notorious disease mounted.The global network of Agence France Presse covers 151 countriesIf you have

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — There are now 14 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo's latest outbreak as health officials rush to contain the often deadly virus in a city of more than 1 million.Congo has contained several past Ebola outbreaks but this is the

Congo's health minister says Ebola has spread to the capital of the country's Equateur province, a worrying shift in the new outbreak in the northwest.

A governor in Mali says suspected jihadists have killed at least 40 civilians in two attacks near the country's border with Niger, where attacks have increased in the past year.

Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has returned 110 of the girls kidnapped from a Nigerian boarding school last month, reports the AP . Why it matters: Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language, has carried ou

On 1 March 2018, the Dubai-based global terminal operator signed an agreement with the Government of Ethiopia, whereby Ethiopia enters into DP World Berbera Port becoming its strategic shareholder.

Parliament has set in motion a process to amend the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

A HORRIFIC new disease dubbed 'Bleeding Eye Fever', which is deadlier than the Plague, has killed more than four people and infected dozens, sparking fears East Africa is about to be hit by a major epidemic.

DP World Group CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem visits West and North Africa meeting heads of the states to explore possible trade and transport solutions.

People who watch the popular MTV series ‘MTV Shuga’ for over six months are more than twice as likely to get tested for HIV compared to those who do not watch the show.

Understanding the vaginal microbiome and how it impacts HIV risk could help develop more effective treatment and prevention strategies for young women in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNAIDS’ annual World AIDS Day report shows that young women transitioning into womanhood face complex challenges that are stalling progress in halting new HIV infections.

Near-universal uptake of HIV testing among men who were given self-tests by their partners in Kenya shows its feasibility as an intervention to reach hard-to-reach groups.

First update on cryptococcus in the era of antiretroviral treatment expansion reveals disproportionate burden in sub-Saharan Africa and a need for better treatment options.

Despite a willingness of men to get circumcised for the HIV prevention benefits, uptake is low with just 56% of the 20.8 million circumcisions by 2016 target met.