Mainly-Muslim militia fighters in the Central African Republic have killed at least 20 people and wounded several more

South African retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, 84, was readmitted to hospital yesterday in

Thirty-eight Boko Haram Islamist fighters have been killed during military search operations carried out by Niger and

Luc Adolphe Tiao, the last prime minister of former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, has been detained and

Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven

Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, according to Niger's army.

The impeachment trial of Brazil's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff, got underway yesterday with high

Nigeria's military yesterday claimed to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau and killed

South Sudan's former rebel leader and ex-vice president Riek Machar has escaped to the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo

South Sudanese Olympic athlete Guor Marial may not be a hot medal tip for Sunday's marathon, but the former slave's road to Rio is one of the most astonishing stories of the games.

Rio police on Tuesday said they killed three alleged gunmen in a raid on a favela dominated by drug traffickers where

Two persons, said to be Bangladeshis, narrowly escape an attack by Renamo rebels in Mozambique, in which, police say, six of its citizens were killed.

A South African court yesterday jailed a woman for 10 years for kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her as her own, before an

Suspected rebels killed at least 36 civilians in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the provincial governor said

Fighting flared in South Sudan late on Saturday southwest of the capital between forces loyal to the president and

Police arrested two people on Thursday suspected of supporting Islamic State in planning a possible attack during the

Brazil's Senate voted early yesterday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put

Sudanese authorities yesterday warned people living near the banks of the Nile to be wary of flooding, after two weeks

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic defeat in the nation's capital to the opposition

The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of South Africa's capital Pretoria, as results yesterday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC's worst election since the end of apartheid.