Africa

NAIROBI: African manufacturers are lobbying U.S. Congress to grant a last-ditch extension of one or two years to a duty-free...

BLANTYRE: Malawi heads to the polls on Tuesday in an election pitting President Lazarus Chakwera against his predecessor Peter Mutharika,...

TUNIS: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed Sifi Ghrieb as the country’s new Prime Minister on Sunday and formally asked him...

KINSHASA: At least 107 people have died after a whaleboat caught fire on the Congo River, underscoring once again the...

JOHANNESBURG: Africa's biggest mobile operator MTN Group is not in active talks about reviving a potential acquisition of smaller South...

NEW DELHI: When Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam arrives in Varanasi on September 10, the images will be familiar: sacred...

MARRA, Sudan: An armed group that controls part of western Sudan appealed on Tuesday for foreign help in recovering bodies...

NAIROBI: Kenya’s inflation rose to 4.5% year-on-year in August from 4.1% the previous month, largely driven by higher prices of...

ABUJA: A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, has claimed at least eight lives and infected...