The UN and World Bank chiefs made a fresh push for peace and development as they arrived Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest bout of fighting has sent thousands fleeing. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim pledged $1 billion in aid for Africa's Great Lakes region while UN Secretary  more...

Togo authorities on Wednesday banned two protests in the capital Lome planned by the opposition after windows were broken and cars were damaged after a demonstration the previous day. "Let's Save Togo", a coalition of opposition and civil society groups, had on Tuesday begun three days of demonstrations to  more...

The Africa Peer Review Mechanism has been hailed for its contribution to sustainable growth and development in the continent in Africa, ten years after its establishment. According to a release from Addis, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, at the APRM's 10th  more...

Two babies are among the 24 killed by a tornado that tore through this US community, officials said Wednesday, as residents began the daunting task of rebuilding their lives in the wake of the catastrophe. Ten children -- including a pair of infants four and seven months old -- perished in Monday's fierce  more...

Hackers cracked into the website of South Africa's police and downloaded information that could leave whistleblowers vulnerable, police and a government data agency said Wednesday. State Information Technology Agency (Sita), which hosts all of the government's websites, said that last week the hackers  more...