Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak but uses facial expressions to communicate, the former South African president’s ex-wife has…
Supreme Court in Guinea has upheld September's election results which saw President Alpha Conde's RPG party winning the most seats.…
Gambia has announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan. President Yahya Jammeh's office said the move was for…
Tropical Cyclone 03A that hit Somalia's north-eastern Puntland region at the weekend has killed at least 140 people, and the…
Sultani Makenga - the commander of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - has surrendered…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed victory over M23 rebels in the east of the country. A government spokesman…
Four men have been charged over Nairobi’s Westgate mall attack, in which more than 60 people were killed, police say.…
Two French journalists have been kidnapped in the northern Mali town of Kidal. The governor of the region, Colonel Adama…
Horn of Africa pirates netted more than $400 million in ransom money between 2005 and 2012, a new World Bank…
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional a law which makes it a crime to insult the president. Prosecutors should not…