Africa

Bouake (Ivory Coast): Gunfire broke out in several Ivory Coast cities, including the commercial capital Abidjan, overnight and early on Saturday, residents...

Kinshasa: Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017 under a last-minute deal struck by political...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): A suicide bomber attacked a cattle market on Monday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit in the seven-year...

Bamako/Paris: A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to...

Kinshasa: An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 13 Hutu civilians on Sunday with guns and machetes in an apparent...

Abuja: Nigeria's army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the militant group's last enclave in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its...

London: The British government must take urgent action to help end the "horrendous crisis" in South Sudan, where women have drowned hiding from...

Banjul: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to...

Kinshasa: Security forces fired teargas and arrested youths gathered in the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday to demand that Democratic Republic of Congo...

Kinshasa: Protesters gathered in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital and at least one other city, defying a ban on demonstrations against the...