Africa

Nigeria

Scores dead as Nigerian warplane mistakenly strikes refugee camp

Many dead a Nigerian attack plane hits refugee camp

17/01/2017

Focus

Mali reaches out to foreign investors after Africa-France summit success

A gathering of 35 heads of state and government around Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako was a dream come true for the country’s authorities.

17/01/2017

Africanews

Vuvuzelas: a noisy but welcome return at AFCON 2017

Vuvuzelas – plastic horns – which blow loud monotone notes, shot to global attention seven years ago during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

17/01/2017

Sport

The 2017 Africa Eco Race draws to a close

The 2017 edition of the Africa Eco Race has come to a close with Gev Teddy Sella reigning supreme in the motorcycle category.

15/01/2017

Sport

Teenager Sella wins Africa Eco Race

Gev Teddy Sella has won the Africa Eco Race in the motorcycle category for the first time in his fledgling career following the final formality stage that took the competitors to Dakar in…

15/01/2017

Nigeria

More than 10.7 million in need of urgent help amid Boko Haram insurgency

There are some new alarming figures about the worsening refugee crisis in the north of Nigeria and neighbouring countries.

14/01/2017

Mali

Africa-France summit kicks off in Mali

The 27th Africa-France summit has kicked off with more than 30 African leaders meeting with French officials in the Malian capital, Bamako.

14/01/2017

Ivory Coast

'New deal' with mutinous soldiers defuses Ivory Coast tensions

Ivory Coast’s Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi pursued talks with mutinous soldiers’ leaders on Friday in Bouake, the city where he had been held against his will just a week…

14/01/2017

World

Africa Eco Race: Ceci and Serradori each celebrate third victory

Paulo Ceci claimed his third victory of this year’s Africa Eco Race by winning the penultimate stage 11 from Akjoujt to St Louis in Senegal.

13/01/2017

Sport

Dakar Rally: Loeb wins stage 11 as Peterhansel inches closer to 13th title

Sebastien Loeb won the 11th and penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday.

13/01/2017

World

Africa Eco Race: Sella claims sixth win this edition

To the backdrop of some breathtaking scenery competitors of the Africa Eco Race set off for stage 10 of this year’s edition.

12/01/2017

Sport

Union leaders call for Africa Cup of Nations boycott

The leader of Gabon’s main civil service union called for a boycott of the African Nations Cup (CAN) on Wednesday (January 12), saying the money the country is spending on hosting the tournament would

12/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco Race nears its climax after battle of the Mauritanian Dunes

Disaster struck for some of the best-placed competitors with just four days to go in the Africa Eco race.

10/01/2017

Morocco

Moroccans face Burqa ban

Importing, manufacturing and selling of burqas is being banned across Morocco, according to local media reports .

10/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast dismisses its security chiefs following military mutiny

The heads of Ivory Coast’s army, police and gendarmerie have been dismissed by the country’s president following a two-day army mutiny.

09/01/2017

Sport

Sands take their toll on Africa Eco racers

The Africa Eco race took its field of competitors into the Mauritanian dunes on Monday.

09/01/2017

Egypt

Egypt police station suicide bombing in Sinai kills 10

At least 10 people, mostly police officers, have been killed in northern Sinai after a suicide bomber rammed a lorry into a security check point.

09/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco race: Paolo Ceci clinches stage 6

Italy’s Paolo Ceci produced a stunning performance to clinch the 6th stage of the Africa Eco race on Sunday.

09/01/2017

Nigeria

Campaigners mark 1000 days since Chibok girls' abduction

Campaigners from the “Bring Back Our Girls” group marched through the centre of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja in a protest to mark the 1,000th day since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the

08/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast defence minister freed by mutinous soldiers

Ivory Coast’s Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi and dozens of others have been allowed to leave a house where they had been trapped following a mutiny by disgruntled…

08/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Mutinous soldiers free defence minister in Ivory Coast

An updated version of this story published on Sunday is available here.

07/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Shots heard in several Ivory Coast cities as soldiers' uprising spreads

Gunfire has been reported in several cities in Ivory Coast on Saturday, suggesting that an uprising by soldiers protesting over pay and bonuses may be spreading.

07/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Agoshkov and Magnaldi win stage five

Russia’s Dmitry Agoshkov celebrated his first victory on this year’s Africa Eco Race.

06/01/2017

Sport

Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has been named African Football of the year.

06/01/2017

Cult

Fashion in the face of financial problems in Africa

Designers in Africa have seen their craft suffer during an economic crisis which has hit the continent.

06/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Ex-soldiers seize Ivory Coast city of Bouake

UPDATE: Defence Minister says soldiers demanding salary increases and bonus payments were behind the seizure of Ivory Coast’s second largest city of Bouake.

06/01/2017