The African Union suspended Egypt from the continental body Friday after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, in line with its strict rules against unconstitutional changes of government.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in the volatile Horn of Africa who ruled with an iron fist for over two decades, has died in hospital in Brussels after a long illness, offi

Sudan and South Sudan have hammered out a deal on how to share their oil wealth, one of a series of disputes that brought the rivals to the brink of all-out war earlier this year.

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Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lease it to foreign investors, leaving former landowners destitute and in some cases starving, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on

With crucial revelations coming from David Coleman Headley’s testimony about Mumbai terror attack, New Delhi feels its worst fears have come true about Pakistan’s ISI “working very closely” with terror outfits in that country and being behind a sustained “hate campaign” against India.

The question of what India hopes to get in return for pouring billions of dollars in aid into Africa was answered on the concluding day of the second India-Africa summit when the co-chair of the India-Africa Forum issued a ringing endorsement of India’s quest for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council.

The curtains came down on India's second summit with Africa, with New Delhi pledging $5.7 billion for 80 capacity-building institutions across the continent and the African Union declaring support for

A day before its second summit with African leaders, India on Monday accused the West of trying to conjure up an arena of rivalry between New Delhi and Beijing in Africa and sought to distinguish its development-centric approach revolving around trade, training and capacity building.

High-level sources have indicated that an US alert sent out last week based on chatter picked up by American snoops listening in on conversations of Taliban operatives had picked up indications that a major naval base would be attacked and that like 26/11, the attack could come from the sea.

Taking its burgeoning ties with Africa to a new high, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced a massive $5 billion aid for the next three years and an additional $700 million for set