Burundi’s government has accused its former colonial ruler Belgium of instigating an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza in May…
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At least 32 people were killed and another 80 hurt in Yola, a town packed with refugees from Nigeria’s Islamic uprising,…
Senegal is considering banning the full-body veil worn by some females in the Muslim-majority country. The proposal by the government…
Mali was under a state of emergency on Saturday after a brazen siege by gunmen at a five-star hotel killed…
South Africa’s military said it dismissed 47 peacekeepers serving in the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Rwanda’s upper house of parliament has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third…
At least four people have been killed in shooting attacks and explosions in the capital of Burundi, according to witnesses…
The Congo Basin in Africa, the world’s second-largest tropical forest, is facing a growing threat of deforestation carried out to…
Marikana will haunt South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the rest of his career. Ramaphosa revealed on Thursday in…
The families of South African striking miners shot dead by police at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in 2012 have issued a…