China is violating human rights at an intensity that is unprecedented in its recent history, a top watchdog group said on Thursday.
Amnesty International has said that Nigeria’s senior military officers received information of a Boko Haram offensive but failed to take action.
African leaders are set to discuss economic recovery for countries affected by war and the Ebola virus at the African Union summit in Adis Ababa.
The strict law prohibits gay marriage, but 18-year-old Faruk Maiduguri told reporters that he and his friends were only celebrating his birthday.
The social network denied it was hacked, after a tweet suggested that hacking group Lizard Squad had been responsible for the outage.
Equatorial Guinea coach Esteban Becker says their achievement in reaching the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations is a "Cinderella story".
Five bodies found near AirAsia flight QZ8501’s fuselage bring the total body count to 58 since the plane crashed last month.
Shots rang out as dozens of students shouting "Kabila get out!" faced off against police officers at Kinshasa’s university.
Boko Haram takes responsibility for the attack on Baga, and warns Nigeria and its neighbours that they will not stop, saying Baga was "not much".
Dominic Ongwen, Lord’s Resistance Army chief and aide to warlord Joseph Kony, faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the ICC.
A day after authorities recovered the first black box recorder of the crashed AirAsia plane, the second cockpit voice recorder has been found.
Roger Federer laid down a marker for the Australian Open when he swatted away the challenge of Grigor Dimitrov.
There have been two more attacks in France, including a shootout at police and an explosion near a mosque.
France fears further attacks as police hunt for the three men who killed 12 people at the magazine known for lampooning the Prophet Muhammad.
Gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical weekly publication on Wednesday, leaving 12 dead and more seriously injured.
The complainants argue that while Apple touts 16GB of digital storage, about a fifth of that is eaten up by the latest operating software.
At least 35 people were killed and 48 injured, according to city officials, during Shanghai’s New Year celebration at the Bund.
An unarmed black man killed by LA police officers was shot three times, including once in the back at close range, according to his autopsy report.
Nigeria toughens currency trading curbs to slow down the depreciation of the naira following the collapse of global oil prices.
Fifty four Nigerian soldiers have been sentenced to death after refusing to report for duty in an operation against Boko Haram.
The win, secured by goals from Rooney, Mata and van Persie, was United’s sixth in a row and galvanised their grip on third place in the table.
China is holding a day of remembrance, the first of its kind, for the thousands of people killed during the Nanjing massacre in 1937.
The short film commissioned by the junta has left people outraged and baffled after the seemingly harmless video showed images of Adolf Hitler.
The family of slain honeymooner Anni Dewani said they just wanted to know what happened to her, but they only heard half of the story.
The International Criminal Court says there is not enough evidence to put the Kenyan president on trial for alleged crimes against humanity.
In what appears to be another incident of racial profiling in the US, a man was killed by a police officer who thought he was reaching for a gun.
At a key elective conference taking place this week, President Robert Mugabe said Zanu-PF cannot trust anyone who wants to work with the West.
Kenya’s president has removed the country’s interior minister and police chief, hours after Somalia’s Shebab rebels carried out a fresh massacre.
A former leader of Zimbabwe’s war veterans has been charged with "insulting" the president by claiming he planned to replace his deputy with his wife.
Namibians are casting their votes in Africa’s first e-vote, with some hoping for a stronger opposition.
Although the death toll is still unknown, the suicide bombers – both women – killed more than 10 people, according to reports.
The TV network has cancelled a Bill Cosby project as actress Janice Dickinson became the third woman to allege she’d been assaulted by the comic.