Africa

Zimbabwe

Signs of a power struggle in Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe sacks key government figures

Power struggle in Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe fires deputy Joice Mujuru and some of her allies amid accusations of corruption and allegations of a plot to kill the president.

09/12/2014

Mali

French hostage Serge Lazarevic freed three years after capture by al Qaeda in Mali

A French hostage has been freed by North African Islamist militants who had abducted him in Mali three years ago. Serge Lazarevic was taken by

09/12/2014

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Stars and glam at Marrakesh International film festival

08/12/2014

Cinema

Stars shine bright at Marrakech Film Festival

The 14th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival is underway. The event features 87 films from 22 countries spanning the spectrum of

08/12/2014

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe says he will remain in office 'as long as he has strength'.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says he will remain in office as long as he has the strength to do so. The ninety year-old ruler was addressing a

07/12/2014

Kenya

ICC prosecutor laments collapse of Kenyatta case

The decision to drop charges against Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta marks one of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) largest setbacks. The

06/12/2014

Focus

Young Africans demand a better future

05/12/2014

South Africa

South Africans remember Nelson Mandela one year after his death

A year after the death of former president Nelson Mandela, South Africans have been remembering the man who led their country out of apartheid. At an

05/12/2014

Somalia

Somalia: Suicide car bomb attack on UN convoy near Mogadishu airport

A suicide car bomb attack on a UN convoy near Mogadishu airport in Somalia, which has left several people dead, bears the hallmarks of al Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.

03/12/2014

Kenya

Al-Shabab slaughters 36 non-Muslims in Kenya

02/12/2014

Kenya

Carnage in Kenya as al-Shabab massacre 36 non-Muslim quarry workers

Al-Shabab militants have killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers in the Kenyan town of Mandera. Residents of the area close to the Somali border say the

02/12/2014

World News

'HIV virus less deadly' - new scientific study

02/12/2014

Democratic Republic Of Congo

International Criminal Court upholds sentence for Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga

01/12/2014

Nigeria

Boko Haram suspected of new attacks on Nigerian cities

01/12/2014

South Africa

Progress and challenges as World Aids Day is marked

01/12/2014

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Egypt: police use water cannon against anti-Mubarak verdict protesters

01/12/2014

Senegal

Organisation of Francophone nations selects first female leader

30/11/2014

Sport

Team Vestas Wind crew forced to abandon ship

30/11/2014

Egypt

Deadly clashes in Cairo over Mubarak court verdict

30/11/2014

Egypt

Cairo disturbances following Mubarak court ruling

29/11/2014

Egypt

Egyptians divided over Mubarak verdict

29/11/2014

Egypt

Former Egyptian president cleared of killing protesters

29/11/2014

Nigeria

Nigeria vows to track down militants

29/11/2014

Nigeria

Nigeria: dozens killed and hundreds hurt in Kano mosque attack

28/11/2014

Egypt

Fatal clashes in Egypt as Islamist protests fail to draw large crowds

28/11/2014

Nigeria

'Many killed' in Nigeria mosque attack

28/11/2014