Ebola in Sierra Leone: battling sadness, fear and disgust on the...
Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter is a 31-year-old psychologist from Trondheim, Norway. For the past month, she has been working for Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) in...
France’s Francois Hollande starts Africa tour in Ivory Coast
The French president has begun a three-day visit to West Africa likely to be dominated by security threats in the region and fostering economic...
Reject Boko Haram propaganda, Ekweremadu tells media
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged Nigerian journalists to play down on the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect because the...
Central African Republic death toll could exceed previous estimates
Fighting in Central African Republic (CAR) may have claimed more lives than previously thought because many Muslim victims were never taken to state hospitals...
UN threatens sanctions against South Sudan rivals
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday threatened sanctions against the warring parties in South Sudan and warned that about one million people in the...
10 killed in fresh clan clashes in Somalia
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between two clan militias in Hiran region after renewed clashes in...
Uganda police abuse street children, says HRW
Street children in Uganda face constant abuse from police and other government officials, a human rights group says.Police beat children with whips and wires,...
MRC in crosshairs of Kenyan security forces after deadly attacks in...
The secessionist Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) is re-grouping in Kenya's Coast region, which has been strained by political tensions and insecurity after series of...
Djibouti to contribute additional 950 troops to AMISOM
Djibouti will contribute 950 additional troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in the coming months in an effort to consolidate gains...
Aljazeera journalists robbed in Botswana
Botswana - Two British journalists working for Aljazeera TV English channel were robbed of their cameras, laptops and other expensive equipment during a burglary...