Central Africa

The parliament of Chad has adopted a reform of its penal code which raises the legal marriage age from 16 to 18 and abrogates...

Anti-government demonstrators block a road in Bamenda, Cameroon. Photo Credit: Reuters Police in Cameroon shot dead four anti-government demonstrators in one of the Central African nation's...

Clashes between a tribal militia and security forces in a province of central Congo killed at least 31 people at the weekend, its vice...

The head of communication for Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, Willy Nyamitwe has narrowly escaped an attempted assassination Monday night in the capital Bujumbura.Details of...

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have condemned Sunday’s attack on an internally displaced people’s camp by militiamen.The...

An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed about 30 civilians, mostly Hutus, on Sunday morning, local sources said, in an...

The United Nations' top genocide official said on Friday he had reports that militia fighters in Central African Republic hunted down and massacred members...

Authorities in Cameroon say two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon’s Far North region early on Thursday, the attack is the...

Samuel Eto'o played for Barcelona from 2004-09. Photo Credit: BBC SportsSpanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former...

Two days of fighting between armed groups in Central African Republic has left 16 people dead including civilians while 10,000 have fled their homes,...