AFPThe head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health emergency", warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics.The ...

SADC leaders yesterday met in Harare to discuss the crisis unfolding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is threatening to destabilise the region. Emotions are flying high. Rwandan ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

The bloc is also calling for a joint summit with the East African Community. SADC leaders met in Harare for an emergency ...

Sudan's health authorities say a paramilitary group attacked an open market in the city of Omdurman, killing 54 people.