Maiduguri, Nigeria: At least 16 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence...
Maiduguri, Nigeria: At least 16 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks near a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Five female suicide bombers killed 12 people and wounded 11 in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, birthplace of the Islamist militant Boko...
BAMAKO: A luxury resort popular with Western expatriates outside Mali's capital Bamako came under attack by gunmen on Sunday, the Security Ministry said....
TRIPOLI, Libya: More than 900 refugees were picked up Friday by the Libyan coast guard on the Mediterranean Sea, according to a local...
DAKAR, Senegal: Marking the Dakar mayor's 100 days in jail, thousands of his supporters gathered in the Senegalese capital with signs that read...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Four people, including a government official, were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack Friday in the northern Kenyan town...
Mogadishu: A suicide car bombing and assault by Shabaab militants on two neighbouring restaurants in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ended Thursday morning with 18...
Maseru, Lesotho: The estranged wife of Lesotho's incoming prime minister was gunned down just two days before his inauguration, his party and police...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: Officials in Tanzania are to start seizing unused land and hand it over to poor farmers in a bid...
LUSAKA: Zambia's parliament suspended 48 opposition lawmakers on Tuesday for boycotting a speech by the president, widening a political rift that has alarmed...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday assented to the country's 2017 budget, exactly one month after the parliament passed the...
Nairobi: Several people were missing Tuesday after a seven-storey building collapsed overnight in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, rescue officials said. Residents were...
ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Eight guards were killed when a group of armed men attacked the central prison of Kangbayi in eastern...
BANJUL, Gambia: Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow is under fire after the state intelligence institution arrested a whistle-blower who exposed “high-level corruption” at...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Police in Kenya on Sunday said that they had foiled a major terror attack planned by al-Shabaab commanders based in neighboring...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: In cooperation with Somali security forces, the U.S. conducted airstrikes against an al-Shabaab terrorist training camp in southern Somalia on Sunday,...
NAIROBI: Kenya has seized six men suspected of planning an attack sponsored by the al Shabaab militant group from neighbouring Somalia, the head...
KINSHASA: At least 11 people were killed and 930 prisoners escaped on Sunday when unidentified assailants stormed a jail in Democratic Republic of...
