Explosion at police station in Libyan capital
2015-03-12 14:41:16
An explosion damaged a police station in the center of Libya's capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, a witness said.
UK healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone
2015-03-12 10:11:35
Britain said on Wednesday a military healthcare worker had tested positive for Ebola while working in Sierra Leone and airport officials there said the patient would be flown home overnight.
5 dead in shooting at restaurant in Mali capital
2015-03-07 21:07:38
At least one masked gunman sprayed bullets in a nightclub popular with foreigners in Mali's capital, killing at least five people including a French person and a Belgian national.
UN envoy welcomes ceasefire agreement in central Somalia
2015-03-07 20:58:18
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay has welcomed the interim ceasefire agreement between the government of Somalia and the moderate Islamist group Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa.
Three blasts hit Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria
2015-03-07 20:57:30
Three blasts hit the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri on Saturday in the worst attack on the city since suspected Boko Haram militants failed in a bid to seize the state capital at the end of January.
Egypt carries out first execution against Morsi supporter
2015-03-07 19:31:55
Egypt on Saturday executed an Islamist convicted of murder in 2013 violence, the first death sentence carried out after the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
Liberia discharges last confirmed Ebola patient
2015-03-06 09:45:16
Liberia discharged the last confirmed Ebola patient on Thursday from a Chinese-run Ebola Treatment Unit.
Book Talk: Africa's natural wealth: its burden and blessing
2015-03-05 13:47:32
Martin Meredith, one of the most prolific writers on all things African, takes readers in his new book on a 5,000-year journey through the continent.
Cape Town ravaged by bushfire
2015-03-05 11:35:27
Firefighters are attempting to put out a series of fires fanned by hot conditions and strong winds across the Cape Peninsula.
Kenya burns 15 tonnes of confiscated ivory
2015-03-04 15:03:33
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday set ablaze 15 tonnes of contraband ivory and vowed to intensify the ongoing war against wildlife crimes in the country.
China urges parties in South Sudan to stop fighting
2015-03-04 07:34:46
China urged parties in South Sudan to stop fighting and form a transitional government as soon as possible, said a Chinese envoy on Tuesday.
Bomb near top Cairo court house kills 2, wounds 9
2015-03-03 10:14:49
Two people were killed when a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo, the health ministry said, the deadliest attack in three blasts to hit the Egyptian capital on Monday.