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  Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in police academy attack in Somali capital

  Reuters | Updated at 12:41pm on December 14, 2017

  A suicide bomber in police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least...

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  Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo

  Reuters | Updated at 10:04pm on December 08, 2017

  Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian UN peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that UN secretary-general...

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  Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 13 in Nigeria

  Reuters | Updated at 06:42pm on December 02, 2017

  Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 12 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu...

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  Report finds 512 died in deadliest Somalia bombing

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 04:53pm on December 02, 2017

  As many as 512 died in an October truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an emergency committee investigating the terrorist atrocity has found. An...

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  Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa names senior military officials to cabinet posts

  Reuters | Updated at 12:04pm on December 01, 2017

  Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, appointed senior military officials to top posts in his new cabinet and chose a veteran cabinet...

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  Kenyan president to be sworn-in as opposition prepares to hold rival rally

  Reuters | Updated at 01:17pm on November 28, 2017

  Kenyan security forces fired teargas to control crowds trying to force their way into a stadium for president Uhuru Kenyatta’s inauguration on...

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  Death toll in Egypt mosque attack rises to 305

  Reuters | Updated at 04:49pm on November 25, 2017

  The death toll in a devastating militant attack on a mosque on Friday in Egypt's North Sinai has risen to 305 killed, including 27 children,...

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  Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo in court to face corruption charges

  Reuters | Updated at 03:25pm on November 25, 2017

  Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who was among those detained by the military when they seized power before Robert Mugabe resigned this week, appeared...

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  South African court doubles Pistorius sentence to more than 13 years

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 03:17pm on November 24, 2017

  A South African appeals court increased paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to...

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  Mnangagwa, the ‘Crocodile,’ sworn in as Zimbabwe president

  Reuters | Updated at 01:09pm on November 24, 2017

  Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in on Friday as president of Zimbabwe in front of thousands of cheering supporters at Harare's national stadium, bringing the final...