Since late 2014, Malawian police have recorded at least 65 cases of violence against people with albinism, a U.N. expert said.
At least six people have been killed in the capital of the southern African nation in the past four weeks.
Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, a soccer fan, China has laid out a plan to become a “world football superpower.”
Prince Harry's former girlfriend will launch her own jewelry line Aya Africa later this year.
More than a quarter of the population currently lacks access to food in the country, once known as the "breadbasket of Africa" and now reeling under severe drought.
The social networking site saw India becoming its biggest mobile market in 2016, but a ruling by the country's government could derail those plans.
President John Magufuli is a 56-year-old former chemistry teacher and minister of works.
The southern African nation held a day of prayer Sunday, seeking spiritual intervention amid economic woes. But many say the country will need more than prayers.
"This is just a harbinger of things to come," one analyst said. "African currencies are becoming extremely volatile."
The Watch Tower church in Tanzania has reportedly banned its thousands of followers from voting in the country's Oct. 25 general elections.
Sub-Saharan African economies are on the rise, but the gains aren’t without risks.
“It does not pay to join these groups terrorizing innocent people,” the president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia said.
Questions have long swirled over whether Hammarskjöld's plane was shot down en route to Belgian Congo peace talks.
The service will give millions of consumers on the subcontinent free or low-cost access to a range of online services.
The new law will ease prohibitions on abortion regulations in the country, allowing women to electively terminate their pregnancies during the first 12 weeks.
The family face-off constitutes an unprecedented political development, according to an independent Zambian news site.
Clashes began Monday in several parts of Lusaka, including at a government building designated for Sata’s mourners to gather.
Michael Sata had traveled to London for treatment at the King Edward VII hospital on Oct. 19 with his wife and family members.
Panic over Ebola spreading in the U.S. has led to some excessive precautions.
Internet access, or the lack of it, is a major hurdle for Facebook's expansion in India, which already has the company's second-largest user base.
Facebook's free Internet project, while helping struggling African communities, also hopes to enlist new users.
Carlos Bruce, who introduced a bill to legalize same-sex civil unions, came out of the closet after International Day Against Homophobia.