Canada is demanding that Sri Lanka not be allowed to hold a Commonwealth summit on human rights issues.
Nine crew members were kidnapped from two different ships in two separate pirate attacks off the coast of Nigeria last week.
Cashew nuts are one of Tanzania’s principal cash crops.
Australia will hold 5 percent of its foreign reserves in yuan, becoming the third country to establish direct currency trade with China.
The concentration of U.S. crude oil imports among its top-five suppliers is the highest since 1997.
While the advance of democracy is stalling, public support for democracy is also falling across the developing world.
Most of the thousands of aliens who have poured into Acre came from Haiti.
A government minister says the death penalty for rapists could stem the rate of violence against women in the patiarchal society.
The growing middle class in northern and southern Africa is trading up from motorbikes and jalopies to brand-new vehicles.
Analysts see potential for African governments or corporations to issue dim sum bonds, though interest has been limited so far.
Uhuru Kenyatta was inaugurated to become Kenya's president, despite his indictment for war crimes and upcoming International Criminal Court case.
Bollywood has long enjoyed immense popularity is the West African nation of Nigeria.
Read the full text of Pope Francis’ message to the world.
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani children are at risk for contracting polio after the Taliban threatened local health workers.
Samsung will initially ship 10 million Galaxy S4 units and as many as 70 percent will be powered by the Snapdragon 600 processor.
Samuel Eto'o helped Cameroon gain an edge in World Cup qualification.
A U.S. district court in New York unsealed on Wednesday the indictment of an alleged al Qaeda operative who was charged last month, paving the way for a trial.
Former Nigerian State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha stole millions of dollars from the public but was pardoned by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Corruption cost Africa hundreds of billions in the last decade, a study shows, depriving the poorest continent of capital sorely needed for development.
A radical Islamic group posted an online video that reportedly shows corpses of foreign hostages abducted from northern Nigeria.
Ansaru, the extremist Islamic terrorist group, says it killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria.
The majority of African players in Bangladesh originate from just four nations: Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco and Cameroon.