A huge rally for constitutional reform has taken place in Togo, a country presided over by one family for the past half-century.
Life is slowly returning to normal, but residents of the areas most affected are still coming to terms with what happened, as Olivia Acland reports.
Cameroon’s president ordered a military court to halt its trial of Anglophone leaders to ease tensions with the country’s minority anglophone areas
Sierra Leone opposition leader has seen his party office go up in flames, been arrested on several occasions and charged in court.
Rwanda police justified the arrest of the former presidential hopeful, saying Diane Shima Rwigara had failed to respond to previous summonses.
UN head Antonio Guterres has tapped Jane Connors to put victims first as she works to eliminate sexual exploitation committed by peacekeeping troops.
Under the shadow of an ongoing tallying dispute in Kenya’s presidential election, three women are set to become governors.
The UN’s aid chief has alerted member states of the "early warning signs of genocide" amid increasing violence.
A 20-hour siege at Kenyan Deputy President Ruto’s home has ended with the death of the suspected assailant
Six Burundian teenagers have vanished after taking part in a robotics tournament in Washington DC.