The ex-wife of Liberia's former president has been charged with torture, the Metropolitan Police said.
Agnes Reeves Taylor, who was married to Charles Taylor, is...
Authorities in northern Cameroon say 11 people are dead after two suicide bombers attacked a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram extremist violence...
At least 15 children died in South Sudan in early May after health workers vaccinating them against measles used the same syringe without sterilizing...
Three Nigerian police officers have reportedly been killed after clashes with members of the navy in the south-eastern city of Calabar.
It is unclear what...
There is anxiety among family members of the Ghanaian Unicef director Charlotte Nikoi who went missing months ago in South Africa after a decomposed...
Thousands of people have demonstrated in the northern Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima, demanding the release of a well-known activist.
Reports say riot police were involved...
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery.
Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted...
There is widespread outrage in Ghana following the mistaken lynching of a top official of the country’s armed forces.
Captain Maxwell Mahama was reportedly lynched...
