The government of Burkina Faso has ordered the exhumation of the remains of Thomas Sankara, the former president who was…
Islamist militants are reported to have seized two oil fields in central Libya, as rival groups fight for control of…
A former aide of Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty of plotting the al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in…
Amnesty International has urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto…
Suicide bombings at bus stations in two major commercial centres in northern Nigeria have killed at least 27 people, police…
Ten people are confirmed dead and seven others severely injured in a head on collision accident involving a Bakulu bus,…
The Nigerian army has retaken the north-eastern town of Baga, held by Boko Haram militants since 3 January. In a…
A leading rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the government to annul a controversial general's…
Makerere University Walter Reed Project has started screening candidates for the trial of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola…
Chad's army has driven Boko Haram militants out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a senior official from Niger has…