VICE-President Deogratius Ndejembi has announced the death of Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of replacing the widely used Mercator world map with a projection that more ...

Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight will largely depend on where they live, how quickly they reach care, and whether the health system ...

The handover of rebuilt culverts just hours before the start of the annual South African National Parks Week highlights the South African National Parks' (SANParks') commitment to preserving the ...

The police say the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is the agency authorised to issue permits and approvals for drone operations in Nigeria ...

With Tourism Month in full swing, Deputy Minister of Tourism Maggie Sotyu has urged South Africans to "explore their own country".

Nigeria has joined 163 other countries to endorse an African-led UN resolution seeking fairer world maps that accurately reflect Africa's true geographical size.

The United States was the lone country to reject an African-led campaign to change how the world is depicted on maps, as 164 countries backed a United Nations resolution promoting more geographically ...

The United Nations General Assembly will on Friday, September 4, vote on an African-led initiative calling for wider use of world maps that represent the size of continents particularly Africa more ...

As criminal networks increasingly exploit weak institutions and operate across borders, the UN says no police force can tackle them alone.