MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped between 10 and 20 people, a family member of one of those abducted, a senator...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped between 10 and 20 people, a family member of one of those abducted, a senator...
NAIROBI: An Ethiopian commercial ship docked in an Eritrean port for the first time in two decades on Wednesday, state-affiliated media said, in...
Jos, Nigeria, Nineteen people have been killed and scores of homes burnt in fresh violence in central Nigeria, police said, after weeks of...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 11 people were killed and 12 others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at locals in central Nigeria, police...
BENI, Congo: Leoni Kahumbu remembers the night her 15-year-old daughter, Pascaline, first showed signs of Ebola. She found her fainted on the bathroom...
MOGADISHU: A huge blast was heard in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday and clouds of smoke could be seen in the city, according...
Kano, Nigeria: At least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram jihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near...
Nouakchott, Mauritania, a frontline state in the fight against Islamic extremism, went to the polls on Saturday in legislative, regional and local elections...
NAIROBI, Prominent Ugandan opposition lawmaker and popular musician Robert Kyagulanyi who was charged with treason has left Uganda by plane, his lawyers said....
ACCRA, Ghana: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Ghana on Thursday during a three-nation West Africa visit aimed at boosting investment in a...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: An Ethiopian military aircraft with 17 people aboard crashed around Thursday morning while flying from the Eastern city of Dire...
The Hague: Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda told international judges Thursday he was a "revolutionary and not a criminal" as arguments drew to a...
ABUJA: British Prime Minister Theresa May urged Nigeria on Wednesday to tap into the City of London's financial expertise as she sought to...
LAGOS, Nigeria: The Nigerian government says it is investigating the authenticity of an audio recording in which a Christian schoolgirl abducted by Islamic...
Ouagadougou: Seven members of the security forces were killed early Tuesday after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, security...
Cape Town, British Prime Minister Theresa May touched down in Cape Town Tuesday as she kicked off a tour of the African continent...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan pop star-turned-government critic Bobi Wine has been freed on bail. The 36-year-old lawmaker, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has...
Harare: Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly contested election that marked the country's...
