Africa

Egypt

Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni

Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio

04/02/2016

Egypt

Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture'

Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge

04/02/2016

Somalia

Passenger jet lands safely after hole blown in fuselage

Video shows what happens when a large hole gets punched in the side of your plane

03/02/2016

Niger

Boko Haram burns children alive, kills more than 80 - reports

Charred corpses littered the streets of a village in north-eastern Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram extremists Saturday night.

31/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN official emotional as new child sex abuse allegations revealed

European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are facing fresh accusations of child sexual abuse in Central African Republic. The United Nations

30/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN says it has heard fresh allegations of abuse by foreign soldiers

EUFOR Peacekeepers from Georgia, France and a third unnamed EU country involved.

29/01/2016

Ethiopia

Plea for cash as Ethiopia battles one of its worst droughts in decades

More than 450 million euros needs to be raised by the end of next month to help Ethiopia through critical food shortages. That is the warning from

29/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Gbagbo: ICC hears details of war crimes charges

Former Ivory Coast president goes on trial in the Hague

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo accused of war crimes in landmark ICC trial

The trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo began on Thursday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Gbagbo and his

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: ex-president denies war crimes

Dozens of Laurent Gbagbo's supporters gather outside the court building in The Hague

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

ICC trial begins of former Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo goes on trial today at the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity

28/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: elections annulled in strife-torn country

But who are the two candidates for the presidential run-off?

25/01/2016

Tunisia

Why have thousands of police taken to the streets of Tunis?

Crossing the barricades - 3,000 police surround Tunisia's presidential palace. What do they want?

25/01/2016

World

Lost hopes, simmering anger: Egypt five years after failed revolution

Five years ago in Cairo’s Tahrir square Egyptians thronged in their tens of thousands to call for Hosni Mubarak to go. Thirty years in power were

25/01/2016

Cameroon

Cameroon: suicide bombers kill more than 20

Four attackers target the market and main roads in Bodo, a village in the Far North area of the country.

25/01/2016

Egypt

Egypt: 5 years on from revolution - how much has changed?

Egypt is marking five years since the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. On the eve of the anniversary, Egyptian President

25/01/2016

Morocco

6.1 magnitude quake hits between Morocco and Spain

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck early Monday in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The

25/01/2016

Egypt

Egypt: Eight to face trial over botched repair of King Tut's beard

Eight Egyptians are facing legal action for gross negligence after a botched repair job of the mask of King Tutankhamun. The beard on the more than

24/01/2016

Africanews

South Africa's "Virgin Scholarship" unconstitutional; human rights groups claim

A decision by Uthukela in KwaZulu -Natal municipality in South Africa to offer university scholarships to “virgins” has been denounced by feminists

24/01/2016

Libya

Libyan officials struggle to control ISIL-induced oil terminal blaze

Emergency services are struggling to control a blaze at an oil terminal in Libya. ISIL militants attacked the facility on Thursday, January 21. Five

24/01/2016

Tunisia

Tunisia: President warns ISIL could exploit unrest over unemployment

As protests over youth unemployment spread in Tunisia, the country’s President Beji Caid Essebsi has warned that unrest could be exploited by the

23/01/2016

Tunisia

Nationwide curfew imposed in Tunisia

Fours days of protests and riots over jobs and the economy have shaken the country

22/01/2016

Economy

Post COP21: Agriculture at heart of climate change hope for Africa

The COP21 deal, agreed in Paris in December 2015 and due to be signed in April 2016, commits to 100 billion dollars in climate finance per year for

22/01/2016

Somalia

19 dead as al-Shabaab attacks tourist spot near Mogadishu

Somali police say at least 19 people have been killed when al-Shabaab Islamic militants shot up a beach resort near the capital, Mogadishu. Two bombs

22/01/2016

Egypt

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers. The bomb site lies on the road

22/01/2016

Somalia

Al-Shabaab gun and bomb attack targets Somalian beach-side cafés

Militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a bomb and gun attack in and around beach-side restaurants in the Somalian capital

21/01/2016