Africa

Kenya

Al Shabaab threatens Kenya with more attacks, saying cities will 'run red with blood'

Al Shabaab militants have threatened Kenya with further attacks after Thursday’s university campus massacre, warning the country’s cities ‘will run

04/04/2015

Nigeria

Fighting Boko Haram: Euronews goes on frontline with African Union forces

Exclusive: Euronews gained first-hand experience of the fight against Boko Haram when our correspondent, Luis Carballo, joined African coalition

04/04/2015

Sport

Morocco set to return to Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco’s football chiefs are set to lead their international side back into the Africa Cup of Nations. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned

03/04/2015

Chad

Chadian general blasts Boko Haram as 'outright international enemy'

03/04/2015

Kenya

Kenyan government under pressure in wake of college attack

In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the newspapers are awash with headlines about the college massacre. People are calling for tolerance and unity, after

03/04/2015

Kenya

Death toll could rise further in Kenya college massacre

The death toll in the Kenya college attack could rise further, a government source is warning. At least 147 people were killed when masked

03/04/2015

Kenya

Kenya attack: At least 147 dead; Garissa campus now secure

Kenyan officials say the death toll in the Garissa University attack has risen to at least 147, but the operation to secure the campus is over.

03/04/2015

Kenya

Al Shabaab kills at least 147 at Kenyan university

Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday, in the worst attack on

02/04/2015

Eswatini

Joint statement between Iran's Zarif and EU's Mogherini is being finalised

02/04/2015

Kenya

Kenya university raid could be "revenge for slain militants"

A hostage siege is continuing at a Kenyan university attacked by Somali Islamist gunmen this morning. At least 14 people are said to have been

02/04/2015

Kenya

Somali Islamists claim deadly attack on Kenyan university

A hostage siege is now underway at a Kenyan university attacked by Somali Islamist gunmen this morning. The number of people wounded has reportedly

02/04/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram, the few thousand terrorising millions of Nigerians

Inspired by once cutting edge civilisation, now anti-modern The Sunni jihadist movement Boko Haram was founded in 2002. It began peacefully, with the

02/04/2015

Egypt

Egyptian troops killed in militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula

Egyptian security forces have come under attack in a number of locations in the Sinai Peninsula. Authorities say 15 soldiers and two civilians have

02/04/2015

Tunisia

[Long read] Tunisia's revolutionary spirit, four years on

02/04/2015

Kenya

Gunmen attack university in Kenya close to the border with Somalia

Gunmen have launched an attack on a university campus in north east Kenya, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 65 others. Somali

02/04/2015

Chad

As Chad's army battles Boko Haram its people find themselves on the front line in the fight

Chad’s army reported its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram militants in clashes in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday. But as its army becomes

02/04/2015

Chad

Nigerian refugees bear terror trauma from Boko Haram

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) has deployed an emergency team to Chad. The NGO is helping an estimated 18,300 refugees and

01/04/2015

Nigeria

Celebrations in Nigeria as ex-military ruler Buhari wins presidency

Supporters of Nigeria's newly elected president Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his victory

01/04/2015

Nigeria

Ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigeria presidential poll

Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari has became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box. And

01/04/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria elects opposition candidate Buhari as new president

Nigeria’s opposition APC party has claimed victory for its presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari, but the country remained tense as it discovered

31/03/2015

Europe News

Tusk promises EU security help for Tunisia

Prompted by the recent deaths of 21 tourists in an attack on a museum in Tunis, EU Council President Donald Tusk travelled to Tunisia on Tuesday for

31/03/2015

Nigeria

Presidential candidates neck-and-neck in Nigeria elections

Nigeria is still awaiting final results for its tightest presidential election ever. The two candidates are neck and neck and the country is still

31/03/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: Claims of political interference in presidential poll

Early results in Nigeria’s presidential poll show Muhammadu Buhari has won massive majorities in key northern states. The Muslim former military

30/03/2015

Egypt

Israeli archaeologists discover Egyptian beer vessels in Tel Aviv.

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed ancient Egyptian beer vessels in Tel Aviv. The fragments of brewing basins indicate that Egyptians more than

30/03/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria presidential poll is marred by voting irregularities and violence

Counting is underway in Nigeria’s presidential election which has been marred by violence and irregularities. Voting had to be extended into a

30/03/2015

Tunisia

Tunisia says it has killed top suspect for Bardo Museum attack

Tunisia says its security forces have killed senior Algerian militant Khaled Chaib, also known as Lokman Abou Sakhr, who authorities accuse of

29/03/2015