Police in Florida have questioned a suspected gunman after five people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at...
At least 34 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in their home country after being deported from Germany a day earlier, a...
A church roof has collapsed in Uyo, south-east Nigeria, killing at least 60 people attending a bishop’s ordination....
A church roof has collapsed in Uyo, south-east Nigeria, killing at least 60 people attending a bishop’s ordination....
A church roof has collapsed in Uyo, south-east Nigeria, killing at least 60 people attending a bishop's ordination....
IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from...
There are long queues at polling stations in Ghana amid a tight election race between President John Mahama and veteran...
The Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 1,600 people under the state of emergency, a government minister has...
Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of a further 83 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, but more than 100...
Twenty-one schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been...
In the early hours of Thursday morning, 21 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls were released by their Boko Haram...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the BBC interview with his wife, Aisha, where she questioned his...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will bring up human rights on her trip to Ethiopia today, the AP news agency is...
Eritrea has been criticised by rights groups about its human rights record. Three Eritreans have been allowed to have...
Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during a protest at a religious...