According to Western governments, Nigerian Islamist militant group Ansaru's claims to have killed seven foreign hostages it seized last month…
Kenyan Deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election by the tightest of margins as the provisional…
The ballot count in Kenya's presidential elections has been rigged, says the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who…
The family of Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has distanced itself from his father's…
Kenya is voting in an election that observers describe as the most important in the country's history. It is the…
Thousands of people have attended a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in the mining town…
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top Islamist militant, has been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali, Chad's armed forces have announced. His…
Senior al-Qaeda militant Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in northern Mali, Chadian President Idriss Deby has announced. Idriss Deby…
A study published by South Africa’s Stellenbosch University found that donkey, water buffalo and goat meat have been sold as…
A video published on YouTube appears to show seven members of a French family, including four children, abducted by Islamist…