The Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for this latest attack which took place in the north-west of the...
Year: 2020
Benin will receive a throne taken in 1892 from the palace of Behanzin, the last king of what was then...
It links the crisis in Cabo Delgado province not just to attacks by Islamist militants, but to a perceived failure...
Police in Ghana have used water cannon to disperse opposition supporters who are contesting the result of the recent presidential...
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has said he intends to pardon all prisoners who have served at least half their sentences...
The mayor of Zambia's capital, Lusaka, has stirred a bit of controversy by planning to hold his wedding in a...
The governor of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Mike Sonko Mbuvi, has been removed from office after the senate upheld his impeachment...
The United Nations has announced a $35m (£26m) emergency aid package for civilians caught up in the fighting in Ethiopia’s...
A Moroccan man who tried to carry out a gun attack on a high-speed train between Brussels and Paris in...
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his government is "closely following" a cross-border attack on Sudanese troops by Ethiopian...