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Most adults in Africa have at least one risk factor

The fingers, the ribs, the vertebrae have been reduced to dust

UN Human Rights Council appointed law professor Vitit Muntarbhorn to investigate abuses against LGBT

Economic leaders ponder reason behind Sub-Saharan decline after years of free trade

This is the first Zika-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia, says World Health Organisation

Africa's total elephant population at around 415,000 has suffered a decline of around 111,000 over the past decade

The $30 billion announced is in addition to $32 billion that Japan pledged to Africa over a five-year period

Some 700 people have been evacuated from areas near the blaze which is sweeping through a wooded, mountainous area

The lead author Claire Spottiswoode says it's a two-way communication

Girls are particularly vulnerable, making up about 65 per cent of new adolescent infections worldwide

From his clothes to train rides, we look at Modi's most hilarious moments in Africa, according to Twitter trolls

Her appointment at Sonangol has political ramifications in Africa's second largest oil-producing country

Menstrual Hygiene Day to take place on May 28 to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene practices

At the last election in 2009, he claimed 95.37 percent of the vote

These countries are Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, South Africa and Swaziland

US-based global brand plans to open 12 to 15 more stores in South Africa over the next two years

Ban made the comments in telephone calls with President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar

The attack took place on Friday in the Horn of Africa nation's Gambela region

Conservationists say lions lived there before people in the area and are not 'escaping' the park

In five, 10 years, lions can disappear completely from Nigeria, says Kiki

An insider's guide to travelling in Marrakech

Skeletons at a medieval site at Nimes were found facing Makkah and their paternal lineage was North African

The lions left Nairobi's national park and went into into "highly populated" areas

Sibomana was playing in his native Congo when chimpanzees attacked, ripping off his lips and killing younger brother

Certain kinds of iconic big cats of west Africa and India are now in 'dramatic decline'

Pope to meet members of the Muslim community and visit the Koudoukou mosque as part of his visit to Africa

Bridging divisions between Muslims and Christians is a main theme of Pope Francis' first tour of the continent

Airline says it wants to promote women’s empowerment

Malian special forces entered the Radisson Blu and 'the operations are under way' police source

The nurse who recovered from the disease had again suffered life-threatening complications from the virus

Wellington Jighere from Nigeria crushed his English opponent 4 - 0 at the World Scrabble Championship

The incident brings this week's death toll to 11, including three senior negotiators for the Muslim Seleka alliance

Scientists say there is 67% chance that number of lions in Central, West Africa would drop by half within two decades

Pope Francis will meet slum dwellers and refugees and call for dialogue between Christians and Muslims

Elephants could mostly be extinct by the end of the next decade

Obama says no one should be president for life

Former academy players described being tricked into travelling to the isolated southeast Asian nation

Suspected Nigerian Boko Haram insurgents killed at least a dozen villagers and wounded several others

Police refuse to investigate case, saying they need reference from EDO.