On the second anniversary of mass killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo that left more than 500 people dead,...
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the head of Uganda’s Special Forces...
A prominent critic of the Rwandan president who is in prison on terrorism charges says he is suing a Greek...
US media is reporting that the justice department is due to unseal charges against a Libyan man suspected of making...
Angry youths on Wednesday torched three police stations in Nigeria's south-eastern state of Anambra while protesting against the killing of...
The Nigerian government says it is re-opening four border crossings with Benin and Niger more than a year after they...
The United Nations has added the North African dish of couscous to its list of the world's intangible cultural heritage....
The Somali government has suspended operations of its embassy in neighbouring Kenya. It has also ordered its diplomats and immigration...
The gunmen who kidnapped more than 300 schoolchildren in Katsina state, north-west Nigeria, last week may have got help from...
The ongoing trial Paul Rusesabagina - whose story during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda - is...