MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least three people in Somalia were killed and four others wounded after twin car bomb blasts hit a security checkpoint...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least three people in Somalia were killed and four others wounded after twin car bomb blasts hit a security checkpoint...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s peace drive in the oil-rich delta region suffered a major setback on Sunday night when a key militant group slammed...
MOGADISHU: A loud blast followed by heavy gunfire was heard near Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Monday, Reuters witnesses said.
Hartbeespoort: Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire...
Kano: One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in...
Nairobi: Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early yesterday, police said, the first killing of its kind since the...
KINSHASA: The second largest country in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo is blessed with oil, timber, diamonds and gold but cursed with violence,...
YENAGOA, Nigeria: A group of former Nigerian militants said on Sunday it had lost confidence in the president’s efforts to end attacks on...
BANJUL: Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting forces on alert...
Kinshasa: The new year in one of Africa's most troubled countries began in a burst of optimism Sunday after rival groups agreed a...
Kano, Nigeria: One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on militants in the country's oil-rich delta region to embrace peace and shun pipeline bombings...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Representatives of the government and opposition on Saturday reached a deal for peaceful political transition in the Democratic...
Nairobi: Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first assassination of its kind since the...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram's leader is urging his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere," in a new video...
Kinshasa: DR Congo's government and the opposition are "on the verge" of concluding an accord to end a political crisis over President Joseph...
Experts yet again doubt tall claims made by the Nigerian president and the military that the war against Boko Haram has been won. ...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck yesterday off the island of Sumbawa in eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said....