At least 60 people have been killed by the ADF since the offensive began on October 30

The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed some of the ADF's recent attacks but there is no clear...

Officials said a man and his five children had been killed and three other people injured in the assault...

More than 250,000 people in the region have already been received doses of another anti-Ebola vaccine...

Most of the charges against Rwandan-born Ntaganda, 46, related to a series of gruesome massacres of villagers...

The Burkina Faso government this year asked mining companies to make their own arrangements to transport...

It is the latest deadly attack in the troubled north of the West African country, which is battling a...

Algeria, the largest country in Africa, is a major exporter of oil and gas

The assault is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant...

Media reports had earlier spoken of about 30 dead, with the radio reporting that four pregnant women...

While it has long been known anatomically modern humans - homo sapiens sapiens - originated in Africa,...

Ethnic and religious violence has been reported in the towns and cities of Dodola, Harar, Balerobe and...

Government given one year to amend the law

In neighbouring Zimbabwe, Its wildlife agency has recorded at least 55 elephant deaths over the past...

'There are 22 women among them and some of them complained of being sexually abused'

'The current toll is 30 dead, 18 others have third-degree burns'

Raids by Islamist militants as well as clashes between herding and farming communities have surged this...

Sunday’s vote was only Tunisia’s second free presidential election and came after years of...

Armed men attacked the Grand Mosque in Salmossi on Friday evening

There was no immediate claim of responsibility

The bodies were found between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.