Libyan leaders paid tribute to the thousands who died in the eight-month battle to oust Colonel Muammar Gaddafi at a ceremony in Benghazi. Read more »
The human rights situation is dire in a volatile and unstable country ravaged by a conflict involving a myriad of groups, says Amnesty International. Read more »
The governments of Kenya and Somalia agreed on a joint strategy to wipe out the al Shabaab as Kenyan troops moved deeper into Somalia, taking ground previously held by the militant ... Read more »
United States President Barack Obama has told the U.S. Congress that he is sending 100 combat-equipped military advisers to Central Africa to help suppress the rebels of Uganda's ... Read more »
Militant group Al-Shabaab has vowed to carry out more attacks in Mogadishu following a suicide vehicle bomb blast that killed scores of people in the Somali capital. Read more »
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir could start a new civil war in Sudan, says Yasser Arman, the secretary general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's northern branch. Read more »
Militant group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a bombing that has killed close to 100 people in Mogadishu, Somalia. Read more »
An NGO has accused Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, of fuelling human rights abuses by paying huge contracts to armed ... Read more »
As thousands of people flee a fresh wave of attacks in Blue Nile State, a new report warns of the spread of civil war in Sudan if urgent international engagement is delayed. Read more »
President Jacob Zuma, facing a bid in the country's highest court to force him to appoint an official inquiry into corruption arising from South Africa's biggest post-apartheid ... Read more »
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