Devastated by ethnic violence drawn out by land disputes and vested political interests, the Effium community has been deserted by...
A hospital in the Cameroonian city of Mamfe has been razed to the ground in an arson attack. All 45...
More than four million people are facing high levels of food insecurity in Kenya, according to new data released by...
The authorities in Nigeria have denied media reports which suggested bandits had used a helicopter to launch a brazen attack...
Pope Francis has had to cancel an upcoming visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan because of...
Ten international human rights organisations - including Amnesty International and Lawyers Without Borders - have accused Tunisia's president of dealing...
Kenya’s agriculture minister says Kenyan exports of the narcotic leaf khat to Somalia will resume following talks between President Uhuru...
The security services in Burkina Faso say suspected Islamists have killed around 10 police officers. They say the attack occurred...
Human rights organisation Survival International has accused the army in Tanzania of shooting at indigenous people, to try to evict...
The UN human rights office has expressed concern at the sentencing to death of a Moroccan man and two Britons...