Kenyan president William Ruto warned Wednesday against attempts to 鈥榦verthrow鈥� the government through 鈥榰nconstitutional means鈥� and ordered police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations...
People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian...
Serbian police said on Monday they had cleared barricades that anti-government protesters had set up at the weekend, after clashes between officers and demonstrators demanding early elections...
The death toll from protests in Kenya to mark the anniversary of a massive crackdown on anti-tax demonstrations has risen to 19, with another 15 people missing, the national human-rights commission said Friday...
Twenty-nine students taking their high school exams in the Central African Republic died in a stampede sparked by an exploding power transformer, the health ministry said Thursday...
At least 16 people died in the previous day鈥檚 protests across Kenya, Amnesty International said on Thursday, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in聽the capital and beyond...
Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with two killed and running battles between protesters and police, who flooded Nairobi鈥檚 streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire...
Criminal gangs in central Nigeria earlier this week killed at least 20 soldiers in a raid on a military base, security sources told AFP on Wednesday...
The Netherlands on Saturday officially handed back to Nigeria 119 precious ancient sculptures, stolen from the former kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era.
A suicide attack in Nigeria鈥檚 Borno state by a woman allegedly acting for Boko Haram killed at least 20 anti-jihadist fighters, militia members told AFP on Saturday.
The United Nations migration agency warned Friday that critical funding shortfalls have forced it to 鈥榯emporarily suspend鈥� a vital transport link in South Sudan, stranding people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan.
