A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes...

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 18 people and wounded several during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said he feels ready to return home from medical leave in Britain, and is awaiting...

An Egyptian court sentenced 50 policemen to three years in prison on Thursday for organising a strike against their working...

A Boko Haram faction with ties to Islamic State and responsible for the kidnapping of a Nigerian oil prospecting team...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whose already in power for 17 years, predicted on Monday he would win overwhelming popular backing...

Malawi has issued an arrest warrant for its former President Joyce Banda over alleged abuse of office and money laundering...

A senior Kenyan election official was found dead on Monday three days after going missing, a colleague said, stirring fears...

In the fields visible from the bumpy dirt road leading to Ongare Owuoda's home, acres of maize plants with sagging...

A gunman and a police officer were killed in an attack on the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto...

A car bomb went off on a busy street in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, a police officer said,...

A man armed with machete was behind an attack on the home of Kenya's deputy president William Ruto.

Rwanda's incumbent President, Paul Kagame, who is seeking a third term in office attended a rally in Ruhengeri where thousands...

Nigeria's Senate has withdrawn a report that largely exonerated South African mobile phone giant MTN of accusations of illegally repatriating...

The head of Congo's election commission said on Thursday that better security in the conflict-ravaged Kasai region had enabled preparations...

Nigeria's Acting President will open a $1.5 b fertiliser plant in South Eastern City of Port Harcourt on Thursday, highlighting...

Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a bill amending the Constitution to give the President sweeping powers to appoint the country's top...

An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 43 activists to life in prison on Tuesday, judicial sources said.

Libyan authorities are negotiating with other governments to decide what to do with hundreds of bodies of Islamic State militants...

Malian and French troops have arrested a close associate of a preacher whose jihadist group has claimed dozens of attacks...