Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah has capped a sparkling 2018 for club and country by winning the prestigious BBC African Footballer of the Year Award for the second time in a row.

Salah retains BBC African Footballer of the Year award

The Republican president's comments were decried as racist by African and Haitian politicians, by the United Nations human rights office and by US lawmakers from both major parties

Trump denies vulgar remarks about Haiti, African countries; condemnation mounts

Two groups of African men went on the rampage at a city hospital in Saket attacking each other with meat cleavers, swords, rods, bottles, and baseball, in the process, they also damaged furniture and equipment in the hospital

Two groups of Africans go on rampage at Delhi hospital

President Jacob Zuma's ANC controls large parts of the country's municipalities, but graft scandals have made him unpopular

South African President urges citizens to vote for African National Congress

India sent two C-17 military transport aircraft to war torn South Sudan's capital city Juba to evacuate Indians stranded there

India launches operation to rescue nationals from South Sudan

The violence spread overnight, starting after a member of the African National Congress was shot dead on Sunday

Protesters in Pretoria burn cars, tires after unnominated man becomes mayoral candidate

An outbreak of Ebola virus in Guinea, which was earlier confined to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, was the first ever outbreak in a west African country. Since March 2014, West Africa has had the largest outbreak in history, with countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea being the worst affected.

Latest Ebola outbreak in Guinea is over: WHO

Criticising the central government over attacks on African nationals in India, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said that such attacks were a serious issue with international repercussions

Attacks on Africans a serious issue: Yechury

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