Africa

Melania Trump showed off the very clean, bright, white hat while travelling on safari but some say it's a symbol of oppression

The El Gouna Film Festival made its debut in the Middle East and North Africa region just last year, and for its second edition it stepped up the pace with 80 films from more than 30 different countries.

During the second edition of the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey and French director Jean-Jacques Annaud presented a preview of their new television miniseries ‘The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’.

Award-winning Egyptian actress Yousra has more than 80 film and television credits to her name.

Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone was feted with the Career Achievement Award during the second edition of the El Gouna Film Festival.

Dotted with five-star hotels and lush golf courses, the luxury resort of El Gouna was established along Egypt’s northern Red Sea coast around 1989.

So just how good is the Duke of Cambridge at football?

El Gouna international film festival wraps

Hannane Ferdjani meets with Humphrey Nabimanya, a 29 year old Ugandan who was bullied as a child for having HIV+ guardians.

Only in its second year, it's already growing in size and stature.

The death toll of a ferry that capsized in Tanzania reaches 224

It's the German Chancellor's first visit to Algeria in a decade

West African towns lose economic lifeline as EU moves to toughen migration policies at external borders.

Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have officially opened the border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades, with emotional residents embracing after years of separation.

Ghanaians paid their respects to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Accra on Tuesday, ahead of Thursday's state funeral.

Innovation and technology take centre stage in Durban event

EU incentives seek to deter trafficking but organisers complain of corruption

Is Algeria finally distancing itself from its image of a hotbed of terror?

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death and jailed more than 600 others over a 2013 protest that ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces.

The UK will increase its military support to Nigeria to help protect its citizens and British workers from the "menace" of groups like Boko Haram. But the main aim of the trip is to push trade ties