The United Nations refugee agency says insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria is forcing people - mostly women and children - to flee to neigbouring Niger and Cameroon. Read more »
A senior United Nations diplomat stated that the country continues to face a difficult transition from the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, whose 42-year rule ended in 2011. Read more »
Many students and teachers have reportedly been killed after gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a secondary school and a military check post in Damaturu. Read more »
The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has accused opposition leaders of planning the Arusha rally bombings that left several people dead and injured at least 20. Read more »
According to Dadaab District Commissioner, Albert Kimathi, the photographs of two Kenyan police kidnapped by Al-Shabaab militia have been authenticated. Read more »
The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement launched a campaign to monitor planned demonstrations scheduled for the end of the month. Read more »
According to the foreign ministry spokesperson, Sudan has accepted the proposal by the African Union's high-level implementation panel which aims to bridge the gap with Juba over ... Read more »
The head of the AU's mediation efforts has given Khartoum and Juba a proposal that seeks to lessen recent tensions that led to Sudan's freezing of the cooperation treaty and ... Read more »
South Africa's minister of defence and military veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has warned that criminality and ill-discipline have no place within the defence force. A total 93 ... Read more »
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn reiterated the government's intention to proceed with construction of the Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile despite vocal opposition ... Read more »
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