A New York federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Herero and Nama tribes seeking compensation from Germany for the genocide of their ancestors in what is now Namibia. In a 23-page judgment dated Wednesday, Judge Laura Taylor Swain said that the principle of sovereign immunity of a state applied, rendering the case inadmissible. Th ...

Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday warned of the risk of chaos , on the eve of a major planned protest against his bid for a fifth term in office. Bouteflika, 82, uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, and his bid to secure another term at the April 18 election has spa ...

Comoros President Azali Assoumani survived an attempt on his life on Thursday as he crisscrossed the country drumming up support ahead of polls on March 24, his campaign director said. But the opposition insisted the incident on Anjouan island, which Azali 39;s team said left the president unscathed, was not at all credible . Tensions ...

CAF Champions League surprise side CS Constantine of Algeria will be the first qualifiers for the quarter-finals if they avoid defeat Friday at home to Club Africain of Tunisia. Having already beaten Africain in Tunis through a late Abdenour Belkheir goal, the club formed in 1898 have grounds for optimism. But France-born coach Denis La ...

Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo had ldquo;major faults rdquo;, but were possibly the most democratic the country has ever held, according to the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy. In a wide-ranging interview with RFI, Donald Trump 39;s Africa policy chief talked about the ldquo;serious rdquo; nature ...