Seventeen foreign tourists and two Tunisians have been killed after gunmen targeted Bardo Museum in Tunis, PM Habib Essid says.…
Oscar Pistorius' defense team has failed to block an appeal by prosecutors against his acquittal on murder charges. The South…
All schools and universities in Chad have been closed after deadly protests over new regulations requiring motorbike riders to wear…
Ivory Coast's former First Lady Simone Gbagbo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found responsible for…
ISIS militants have reportedly kidnapped nine foreign oil workers in a raid in Libya after beheading eight guards. Four Filipinos,…
Niger and Chad forces have launched a ground and air offensive against militant group Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria, officials…
According to an audio statement, Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS). The message, which has not be…
Namibia’s President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won the 2014 Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The Mo Ibrahim prize is the…
Sierra Leone Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola. Samuel Sam-Sumana…
An astonishing coincidence has led to the discovery of Zephany Nurse, who was stolen from her mother’s arms in Cape…