Africa

Rwanda

Rwanda and the fight against genocide ideology

Twenty-two years ago on April 7, Rwanda’s ethnic Hutu militia, armed with machetes began slaughtering minority Tutsis. More than 800,000 people were

07/04/2016

Angola

Angola yellow fever outbreak spreads

The number of deaths from a yellow fever outbreak in Angola has risen to 225 with at least another 1,600 infected. However experts fear the numbers

06/04/2016

South Africa

ANC rallies to save Zuma from impeachment in South Africa

South Africa's scandal-ridden President Jacob Zuma has survived an impeachment vote

06/04/2016

Kenya

ICC decision to drop second Kenya case 'fails victims'

The International Criminal Court has thrown out election violence charges against Kenya’s Vice-President William Ruto and ended his trial. It also

05/04/2016

Republic of the Congo

Residents flee Congolese capital after post-election violence

Thousands of people in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville are said to be fleeing the latest violence which has broken out linked to last month’s

05/04/2016

Republic of the Congo

Heavy gunfire breaks out in Brazzaville - witnesses

Police and unidentified men have exchanged heavy gunfire in Congo’s capital a matter of hours after a peace and unity concert was held, witnesses

04/04/2016

Kenya

Kenya marks Garissa University attacks anniversary

The campus reopened in January but only 150 of its 700 students have returned to class.

03/04/2016

Burundi

UN Security Council calls for police options in Burundi

02/04/2016

Somalia

US airstrike targets senior al-Shabab member in Somalia

Hassan Ali Dhoore is said to have played a direct role in the deadly attacks on the Mogadishu airport and a hotel in the Somali capital

02/04/2016

Egypt

Egypt archaeology scans 'could solve' Nefertiti mystery

Egypt has invited archaeologists from all over the world to examine new analysis of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Scientists

01/04/2016

World

Public funding, private loans - whatever it takes to get an education

In this edition of Learning World, we visited both northern Rwanda and southern Brazil to examine a question that faces families the world over –

01/04/2016

Central African Republic

UN 'shocked to the core' over new child sex abuse allegations in CAR

Investigations have been opened into 108 new victims, most of them children, allegedly abused by UN peacekeepers in CAR.

01/04/2016

South Africa

Payback time for Jacob Zuma as court rules on home improvement row

South African President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to pay back some of the milions he spent in state cash upgrading his private home. In a stinging

31/03/2016

Libya

Libya's unity government arrives in Tripoli despite blockade

UN-backed government defies attempts to keep it out

31/03/2016

Egypt

Egyptians cry foul over Messi's boot blunder

A symbol of the beautiful game turns ugly for the world's most famous footballer

30/03/2016

Nigeria

Three die in Nigerian pipeline explosion

At least seven people have been injured in the blast near Olugboboro in Bayelsa state

29/03/2016

Central African Republic

Fresh allegations of sexual abuse against UN peacekeepers in CAR

The United Nations says it is gathering information concerning fresh allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against its peacekeepers in the

29/03/2016

Tunisia

UN chief visits Tunisia as anti-terror efforts continue

Ban Ki-moon has honoured victims of terrorism in Tunisia and elsewhere just over a year after the massacre at the Bardo national museum in the

28/03/2016

Angola

Angola: Rapper jailed on rebellion charges with other activists

He has been on hunger strike. Now Portuguese Angolan rapper Luaty Beirão has been jailed with 16 other activists for ‘conspiracy to commit a

28/03/2016

Sport

Kitesurfers thrill the crowds in Egypt

In a corner of Egyptian paradise Brazil’s Carlo Mario and Poland’s Karolina Winkowska took the top honours at the IKA World championships. The

27/03/2016

Republic of the Congo

Congo President Sassou Nguesso re-elected for third consecutive term

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a five-year term following a landslide victory. The Interior Ministry announced

24/03/2016

Mali

Gunmen attack EU mission in Bamako

At least one gunman was killed and two suspects arrested in an attack on a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako. The building had been converted into a

22/03/2016

Republic of the Congo

Landmark ruling at the International Criminal Court in Jean-Pierre Bemba case

Eight years after he was arrested Jean-Pierre Bemba learned of his fate. The former Congolese rebel leader had been in exile in Belgium before his

21/03/2016

Republic of the Congo

DR Congo's former VP Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes

In what is being described as a historic decision, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found the Democratic Republic of Congo’s former vice

21/03/2016

Sport

Cape Epic: Platt and Huber win Langvad and Kleinhans defend title

Germany’s Karl Platt and his Bulls team mate Urs Huber of Switzerland secured overall victory in the Cape Epic mountain bike stage race in Meerendal

21/03/2016

Sport

Violent clashes at Moroccan topflight game leaves two dead and 54 injured

Two people have been killed and some 54 injured after supporters of the same Moroccan club clashed following a topflight game in Casablanca. Fighting

20/03/2016