Five Kenyan policemen were killed in an attack on their vehicle in the northeast county of Mandera near the border with

Fourteen worshippers were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque on Nigeria's border with

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video message yesterday claiming a series of attacks in northeast

Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured early yesterday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a road in

Zimbabwe's former army commander who led a military takeover that helped end Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule was yesterday sworn in

A Cameroonian reporter with Radio France International, Ahmed Abba, was Friday released from jail after 29 months in detention, his

Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ruling ANC party yesterday prepared to elect their next leader in a vote

The death toll from inter-clan fighting in South Sudan's Great Lakes region last week has reached at least 170, officials

Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Iraq and Syria could return home, the

The African Union has upped its goal to repatriate stranded migrants from Libya, saying in a statement that it aims to bring 20,000

South Sudan launched a closed-circuit television (CCTV) and drone security system yesterday that officials said would

Fifty people were killed in raids by a tribal militia in eastern South Sudan, a local official said yesterday, the latest in a series of

With little fanfare, Cuba on Saturday commemorated the first anniversary of the death of revolutionary leader Fidel

A Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal, raising

Zimbabwe’s military action leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation was legal, a High Court judge rules, in a key decision as the military seeks to show that its moves were not a coup.

Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide yesterday, believed himself to be a crusading defender of the Serbs but

Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.

Kenya's Supreme Court yesterday validated the election victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta, sparking opposition

Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.