Mali Mali: at least 3 dead, 4 seriously injured in attack on UN base in Kidal The United Nations says at least two of its personnel and one civilian have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern 28/11/2015
Mali Mali: at least 3 dead in attack on UN peacekeepers base in Kidal At least three people have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern Mali. UN and local sources confirmed the figure 28/11/2015
Uganda Pope Francis praises Ugandan authorities for taking in refugees Pope Francis opens the second leg of his African tour with praise for the Ugandan authorities and trips to some of the capital's holiest sites. 28/11/2015
Uganda Pope Francis arrives in Uganda Pope Francis has arrived in Uganda on the second leg of his three-nation African tour. Tens of thousands of people lined his route into the Ugandan 27/11/2015
Culture news Visa For Music rocks Rabat The Moroccan city of Rabat has been echoing to the cadences of music from Africa and the Middle East. It was playing host to the second edition of 27/11/2015
Nigeria Polish sailors kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria coast Pirates have attacked a Polish-owned cargo ship off Nigeria and abducted the captain and four crew members. The armed kidnappers boarded and looted 27/11/2015
Nigeria Nigeria: Suicide attack on Shi'ite pilgrims 'kills 21' At least 21 people are feared dead after a suicide attack on an annual procession of Shi’ite Muslims in Nigeria. The bomber struck on Friday outside 27/11/2015
World Education projects in Egypt and Uganda win 2015 Wise Awards Egypt-based Nafham and the Educate! project in Uganda have been named WISE Awards winners at this year's World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha. This edition of Learning World looks into what t 27/11/2015
Kenya Kenya: Pope Francis visits slum, calls for more to be done about poverty On his final day in Kenya, Pope Francis calls on the government to do more to lift people out of poverty. 27/11/2015
South Africa South Africa lifts ban on domestic rhino horn trade South Africa’s ban on the local rhino horn trade has been lifted. The country’s High Court has found the country did not follow the correct 26/11/2015
Kenya Pope disgusted by 'barbarous attacks' in God's name Pope Francis celebrated mass with tens of thousands at the university of Nairobi. Pope Francis, in Kenya, denounces "barbarous attacks" carried out 26/11/2015
World News Pope calls for religious reconciliation at the start of African tour Pope Francis was given a warm welcome when he arrived in Kenya at the start if a three nation trip, his first ever to Africa. His tour will also 25/11/2015
Tunisia ISIL claim suicide blast on Tunisia presidential guard bus The group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion on board a bus carrying presidential guards in 25/11/2015
Tunisia Tunisia tourists, presidential guards... safety of nation threatened Immediately after the deadly bombing of his presidential guard in the heart of the capital on Tuesday (Nov. 24th), Tunisian President Beji Caid 25/11/2015
Tunisia Bus bomber kills presidential guards in Tunisian capital A suspected suicide bomb attack on a bus carrying Tunisia’s presidential guard has left 13 people dead. EYE ON AFRICA - At least 12 presidential 25/11/2015
World News Pope Francis heads to Africa with a message of religious tolerance Pope Francis is on his way to Africa for his first papal visit to the continent. First trip in Africa for Pope Francis has begun! AZ4000 has taken 25/11/2015
Tunisia Tunisia: Deadly bus blast kills at least 12 At least 12 people have died in what is thought to have been a suicide bomb attack on a bus full of Tunisian presidential guards. The capital Tunis 24/11/2015
Sport Kenyan athletes continue protest at federation HQ Kenya’s government met athletes to discuss their grievances on Tuesday, as runners occupied the athletics federation building for a second day 24/11/2015
Egypt Egyptians vote in second round of parliamentary elections Low turnout in Egypt's elections as critics complain of narrow choice of candidates 23/11/2015
Liberia Ebola re-emerges in Liberia: three new cases announced Ebola has once more reared its head in Liberia, where three new cases have emerged a matter of months after the country was declared free of the 21/11/2015
Mali Mali: security tightened as situation of emergency declared Security has been tightened in Bamako, a day after heavily-armed militants took 170 people hostage at one of the city’s luxury hotels. A state of 21/11/2015
Egypt Funeral in Egypt of victim of Paris attacks The funeral takes place in Egypt of one of the victims of last week’s attacks in Paris. 28-year-old Saleh Al-Jabali was among the dozens of people 21/11/2015
Mali Mali: a state of emergency and national mourning Mali has been placed under a ten-day state of emergency after hundreds were taken hostage at a luxury hotel in its capital city. At least 20 people 21/11/2015
Mali Mali hotel siege: witnesses recount how the drama unfolded As Malian special forces searched the upper floors of the hotel to capture a pocket of remaining militants, some of the freed hostages and 20/11/2015
Mali Mali reinforces security after suspected Islamists raid luxury hotel Up to 27 people are believed to have been killed following an attack on a luxury hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako. Eyewitnesses say the assailants 20/11/2015
No Comment Bamako siege: Security forces storm the hotel Security forces in Mali report at least 22 people have been killed in the siege at the Radisson Blu in the capital. 20/11/2015