Africa

Burundi

50,000 people flee Burundi amid violent protests

Police on the streets of Burundi’s capital have clashed with protesters opposing the president’s bid to seek a third term in office. Two weeks ago

09/05/2015

Burundi

Burundi's president sparks new clashes by registering for third term

Despite days of unrest, Burundi's president has filed papers to stand for a third term in office

09/05/2015

Morocco

[Photos] Boy smuggled into Spain in suitcase

08/05/2015

Burundi

More deaths as Burundi's President Nkurunziza fails to calm protests

Violence has escalated in Burundi amid more protests at the president’s decision to run for a third term office. In the capital Bujumbara several

07/05/2015

Culture news

Zimbabwe festival of arts draws crowds despite economic crisis

The curtain has come down on the 15th edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts, considered one of Africa’s premier cultural events

07/05/2015

South Africa

Soweto residents protest electricity prices

Protesters in the Johannesburg township of Soweto took to the streets in anger over what they say are unaffordable electricity prices from the

06/05/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram freed women tell of captive life under Islamist Jihadi fighters

Boko Haram is fracturing, there is discontent in the organisation’s ranks as they face shortages of fuel and weapons. That’s according to a group of

05/05/2015

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Deadly anti-government demonstrations in Burundi

05/05/2015

Burundi

Constitutional court VP flees as Nkurunziza 3rd term violence escalates in Burundi

Four people were killed in Burundi on Monday (May 4) as police fired live rounds towards protesters according to AFP. More than 40 others were

04/05/2015

Burundi

Burundi protests resume against president's decision to seek a third term in office

Two people have been killed in demonstrations in Burundi. The deaths happened when hundreds of people took to the streets of the country’s capital on

04/05/2015

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300 Nigerians rescued from Boko Haram

04/05/2015

Nigeria

Freed Nigerian women tell of terror at the hands of Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military has issued aerial footage said to show Boko Haram militants fleeing during an operation to push them out of the Sambisa Forest

04/05/2015

Togo

Togo: Gnassingbe wins third term as president

03/05/2015

Nigeria

Up to 500 Nigerians freed from Boko Haram captivity over the past week

The Nigerian military says its continuing to liberate women and children from Boko Haram captivity in the north-east of the country. The army says

03/05/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria vows to clear final Boko Haram strongholds

Nigeria says it is making further gains against Boko Haram. It comes after hundreds of women and children, kidnapped by the militants, were rescued

02/05/2015

Burundi

Burundi: three killed as violence continues to rock capital

Two police officers and a civilian have reportedly been killed and ten wounded in grenade attacks in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. It comes as anger

02/05/2015

Central African Republic

Rape of children by French forces in Central Africa 'will be punished' if proven

France has vowed to punish any of its soldiers if they are proven to have committed child rape in the Central African Republic. Fourteen French

30/04/2015

Central African Republic

France probes claims of child sex abuse by its troops in Central African Republic

French authorities are investigating allegations of the sexual abuse of children by the country’s troops in the Central African Republic. It comes

29/04/2015

Nigeria

Nigerian military 'rescues nearly 300' from Boko Haram camps

Nigeria’s army claims to have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to win back the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram militants

29/04/2015

Burundi

Burundi: police fire live rounds to disperse anti-president protesters

Police have fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse protesters in Burundi, as anger boils over a decision by the president to run for a third

28/04/2015

Libya

Mogherini, Renzi and Ban Ki-moon visit migrant rescue operation

Leaders from Italy, the EU and UN boarded an Italian naval vessel off the coast of Sicily to see at first hand the Mediterranean operation to deal

27/04/2015

Sudan

Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir wins landslide election victory

It will come as no surprise for many. Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir has extended his 25-year rule, with a landslide victory in the presidential

27/04/2015

Burundi

Thousands flee Burundi amid second day of pre-election violence

More clashes and arrests have been reported on Monday in the east African nation, as protests continue for a second day against the decision by President Nkurunziza to run for a third term, in defianc

27/04/2015

Togo

Low election turnout as Togo's president seeks third term in power

There has been a low turnout in Togo’s presidential election, as incumbent Faure Gnassingbe seeks a third term in power. Gnassingbe has been

26/04/2015

Egypt

Relics return home: Egypt receives smuggled antiquities from US

History returns home as 2.3million euros worth of smuggled antiquities arrived in back in Egypt. Some 123 artifacts were seized by US customs as part

25/04/2015

Libya

Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday.

24/04/2015