Africa

Sudan

First of more than 2,000 child soldiers freed in South Sudan

A militia in South Sudan releases the first of many child soldiers as part of peace deal

29/01/2015

Libya

American contractor among nine dead in Tripoli five-star hotel blast

An American security contractor was among at least nine people killed in an attack on a Libyan hotel on Tuesday. The contractor has been identified

28/01/2015

Cinema

Luxor Film Festival honours Arab and French cinema

The third edition of the Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival is underway. Screened at the opening ceremony, 'The Loves of Pharaoh' by

27/01/2015

Libya

Libya: Casualties reported in Tripoli hotel attack

Gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli have attacked a hotel often used by government officials and foreign delegations. There are reports of several

27/01/2015

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Kenya: protesters accuse local governor of corruption

27/01/2015

Egypt

Mubarak sons walk free from jail after Egypt marks revolution anniversary

Freed from jail on Monday, the sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, are said to have visited their father in the military hospital where

26/01/2015

Egypt

Mubarak sons released from jail in Egypt pending retrial

The sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were freed from jail on Monday, a day after the violent fourth anniversary of the uprising that

26/01/2015

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At least 17 dead in protests on Egypt uprising anniversary

26/01/2015

Egypt

Violent protests mark Egyptian uprising anniversary

Gunfire and sirens were heard on the streets of Cairo as security forces once again used lethal force against protesters who were marking the anniversary of Egypt's uprising.

26/01/2015

Egypt

Egypt: Protests to mark 2011 uprising anniversary turn deadly

Several protesters were killed during bloody protests to mark the 2011 uprising

25/01/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram strikes again in Nigeria

The Islamist group attacked Maiduguri a major northeastern city around midnight on Sunday.

25/01/2015

Democratic Republic Of Congo

DRC: Controversial electoral reform bill will be amended, says national assembly chief

Part of an electoral reform bill in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which the opposition says was aimed at keeping President Joseph Kabila in

25/01/2015

World News

An end in sight to Ebola, but WHO warns fight is not over

Stopping the spread of Ebola in West Africa is within reach, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that new cases have been declining over the

23/01/2015

Central African Republic

French aid worker freed in Central African Republic

A French aid worker abducted last Monday in the Central African Republic has been freed. Claudia Priest, who is 67, worked for a charity providing

23/01/2015

Democratic Republic Of Congo

DR Congo scraps plans for census after days of violent unrest

Democratic Republic of the Congo has scrapped plans for a national census before next year’s presidential elections. An electoral reform bill that

23/01/2015

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Hundreds in Mali protest over UN air-strikes

23/01/2015

Somalia

Somalia: Bomb in Mogadishu ahead of Erdogan visit

A car bomb has exploded outside a hotel in Mogadishu where a Turkish delegation had been preparing for the visit of President Erdogan to Somalia on

22/01/2015

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Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks have displaced one million

22/01/2015

Nigeria

German Boko Haram hostage freed

A German hostage, kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, has been freed following a raid by Cameroon’s military. Arriving at Yaounde

21/01/2015

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Third day of unrest in DR Congo as rights group says over 40 people have died

For the third day running, violence has erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo as police clashed with demonstrators denouncing electoral

21/01/2015

Central African Republic

African aid group hopes kidnapped French worker will be freed

Caritas, one of the main aid groups in Central African Republic say it’s optimistic a kidnapped French charity worker could be released today. The

21/01/2015

Zambia

Tight presidential race as Zambia goes to the polls

Zambians have been voting for their next leader in a tight race between a populist lawyer and a wealthy economist after the previous president died

21/01/2015

Uganda

Uganda war crimes suspect Dominic Ongwen on way to Hague

A senior Ugandan rebel commander wanted for war crimes has been flown out of the country on his way to The Hague to stand trial. Dominic Ongwen

20/01/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram exporting terror violence

The UN Security Council has demanded that Nigeria’s terrorist group Boko Haram disarm and demobilise. The charity Oxfam says violence by the Islamist

20/01/2015

Central African Republic

Armed men kidnap UN worker in Central African Republic

Armed men have kidnapped a woman working for the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic. It is thought the victim was snatched from a

20/01/2015

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Kenya: Police tear-gas schoolchildren in playground demonstration

20/01/2015