One of the missing Chibok schoolgirls has been found in Nigeria, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.
Video appears to shows three officers taking turns to hit and kick apparently unconscious man who later said he was not involved in demonstration...
Decision comes at meeting in Vienna which also promises more humanitarian aid for the country.
Tripoli is likely to submit requests for western partners to assist it with arms, training and intelligence at Vienna meeting
Four US citizens stood trial for sending armed men to overthrow a government and received prison terms of only up to one year. Had they attempted to...
No U.S. troops were wounded in what quickly turned into a firefight. Ugandan troops
When Boko Haram snatched 276 schoolgirls f-rom a school in Nigeria, their families led a global campaign to bring them back. Two years on, distraught...
The ruling came amid rising tensions over the government's failure to set a date for the country's next elections, originally due in November this...
A leopard at a South African game reserve snatched a six-year-old boy and ran off with him.
A Kenyan woman was rescued Thursday after being trapped for six days in the rubble of a collapsed building.
King George played for some of Europe’s best clubs and wants to lead the West African nation.
The Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority, known as Zimparks, said that “in light of the drought… [the Authority] intends to destock its park...
Nearly two-thirds of Nigeria's 36 states are struggling to pay civil servants' salaries despite receiving a government bailout, President Muhammadu...
Eleven men were shot dead in Cape Verde on Tuesday, including eight soldiers, a local civilian and two Spanish citizens, the minister of Internal...
The peace deal was hanging by a thread until the opposition leader’s homecoming.
A top Tutsi general was gunned down in Burundi on Monday, the latest bloodshed in a year of violent political turmoil that has now prompted a...
Papa Wemba, one of Africa's greatest music stars, has died after collapsing on stage during a festival in the Ivory Coast, the concert organisers said...
Papa Wemba, one of Africa's most flamboyant and popular musicians, has died, according to a statement f-rom a music festival in Ivory Coast.
Hundreds of migrants drowned when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, survivors have told the BBC - although there is no official confirmation.
