Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, the Sudanese woman awaiting the death penalty for abandoning her religious faith, has given birth in…
Nigeria’s army has announced it knows where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but it will not attempt a…
Nigeria has called off a deal with Islamist group Boko Haram for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls.…
Oscar Pistorius has begun his mental evaluation at a psychiatric hospital in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. The judge at Oscar…
Mali’s Tuareg rebels have agreed to a ceasefire, two days after clashes with the army threatened to throw the country…
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will be sworn into office for a second term, following the African National Congress' victory…
Nigerian teachers are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamist group…
Boko Haram has been accused of killing at least 17 people in an attack on Alagarno, a village in north-east…
Two bomb explosions killed at least 46 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police say. The first blast…
Oscar Pistorius has been ordered to start daily tests on Monday to assess his mental state when he killed his…