Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have asked telecoms companies to block social media networks from Sunday night, apparently to thwart anticipated protests against plans by President...
Since the end of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003, the family of the outgoing President Joseph Kabila is reported to have flourished by owning at least 70 companies....
Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA. O) said on Thursday it had agreed to buy European pay-TV firm Sky (SKYB.L) for $14.6 billion, sticking to its earlier offer despite complaints from...
Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian government, who killed at least one person, a rescue service...
A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theater in the capital Mogadishu, killing the bomber, police said. There was no immediate word on whether anybody else...
The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and would be "strongly sanctioned" if he sought to remain in power. Long-ruling Jammeh lost...
The US Marines have suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan, after a crash off the coast of Okinawa Island. The incident on Tuesday night injured five crew members onboard. It...
The UN has ended its campaign with comic book heroine Wonder Woman, a spokesman says, less than two months after her appointment sparked outrage. The superhero had been declared an honorary...
There have been 5,927 deaths linked to the "war on drugs" in the Philippines since July 1 according to statistics released by the national police on Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte was elected to...
Press conferences are rare events for president-elect Donald Trump. Since he beat Hilary Clinton, his media appearances have been restricted to television interviews and the occasional audiences with...
Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo needs to act fast to deliver on his campaign promise to create jobs, restore rapid growth, build a dam in every village and a factory in every district if he...
In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the American...
The Gambia’s elections commission head has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s call to annul the election he was declared to have lost. Mr Jammeh said on state television on Saturday that he...
A major shareholder in British pay-TV company Sky (SKYB. L) will vote against Twenty-First Century Fox's (FOXA.O) $14 billion takeover bid, the investor told Reuters on Sunday, while another said it...
The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have driven it back. The governor of Homs province, Talal Barazi, said government...
Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s powers, party officials said, in a move that could...
Gambian authorities have refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Saturday, dampening hopes for a political solution after...
A train carrying liquid petroleum gas has derailed and exploded in Bulgaria, killing at least four people. More than 20 people are being treated in hospital with burns and other injuries after the...
A former director of Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht SA told prosecutors that the company made several illegal contributions to politicians from the ruling PMDB party including President Michel...
US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint another Goldman Sachs executive to his administration. Despite vilifying the Wall Street bank while campaigning, he is tipped to pick Goldman...
