Surging mudslides and floodwaters in and around Sierra Leone's capital Freetown have killed more than 300 people, many of them trapped as they slept.
Another...
In an escalation of Kenya's deadly election violence, police have fired live ammunition at rioters and used tear gas on vehicles carrying opposition officials.
Nine...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has won a second term, the country's election commission said.
The commission said Mr Kenyatta won Tuesday's election with 54% of...
Two passenger trains have collided just outside Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100.
It is...
The Kenyan election commission's database was unsuccessfully targeted by a hacking attempt, a top electoral official has said.
The comments by commission chairman Wafula Chebukati...
South Africa’s parliament have voted down a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma amid numerous allegations of corruption. The president has now...
UN human rights investigators have warned of ethnic cleansing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting the recent killings of more than 250 people,...
