Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a military airbase in north-eastern Nigeria, destroying two helicopters, the authorities say. Eyewitnesses say hundreds of…
President Joseph Kabila is touring eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo which were held by rebels until earlier…
The police have sealed off the residences of the embattled city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and former FDC president Dr.…
A Malian man who escaped from prison in Niger where he was serving a sentence for killing four Saudi tourists,…
France will triple the number of its soldiers in the Central African Republic to 1,200 to bolster security after months…
The Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a senior opposition politician on Sunday after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him…
Some 900 villagers in Kenya are surrounded by armed militiamen amid a territorial dispute between local communities, officials say. Gunmen from…
Japan and ally the United States sharply criticized China's move to impose new rules on airspace over islands at the…
Thirty-nine government soldiers accused of war crimes have gone on trial in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Most of the charges…
A CAR government spokesman told the BBC that Kony was in the country but wanted his security to be guaranteed…