Kenya's controversial presidential election appears set to go ahead as planned on Thursday after the Supreme Court proved unable to rule on a challenge because not enough justices showed up for a session on Wednesday.

The Niger battle in which four soldiers were killed has drawn attention because of spat between Trump and widow of soldier, but the incident also underlines how far the war on terror has spread across the globe since the 9/11 attacks, writes Peter Bergen

Kenyans will get the chance to pick a new president Thursday -- for the second time in three months -- after the result of the first ballot was controversially overturned amid allegations of vote-rigging.

They test masculinity and use indigenous African fabrics in new ways.

A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 1,192 people since August, with 124 deaths, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Madagascar's National Bureau of Risk Management and Disaster reported on Monday.

When researchers published findings of the earliest Homo sapiens fossils ever discovered in June this year, the scientific community was abuzz.

Room rental giant Airbnb continues to enjoy rapid growth in Africa.