South Sudan’s five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established
The police chief revised the death toll to 21 from 14, saying the victims included 16 Kenyans, one American, one Briton and three of African descent
The attack at DusitD2 is the first in Nairobi in five years, when gunmen stormed the city’s Westgate shopping mall, killing at least 67 people
Kenyan police clashed with both ruling party and opposition supporters ahead of the swearing in of President Uhuru Kenyatta after two disputed polls
Electoral officials tallied votes on Sunday from general elections seen as a key test of the west African nation’s post-war recovery.
Senegal’s president elect Macky Sall has hailed a new era after triumphing over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in Sunday’s runoff presidential vote.
Sahel states are bracing for a long hungry season, many weakened by the return of people from Libya who are creating fresh strife.
Abdoulaye Wade has rallied voters in Senegal’s city of Thies despite a storm of criticism over his third-term presidential bid.
Senegal’s opposition has prepared for mass resistance against President Abdoulaye Wade’s third term bid — validated despite violent weekend riots.
Yahya Jammeh scored a landslide win in presidential polls on Friday, securing a fourth term at the helm of the tiny state.
Despite boasting Africa’s first female president and a Nobel prize for women’s rights, Liberia’s women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
Gambia’s election campaign has wrapped up with rival presidential candidates staging rallies in the tiny capital Banjul ahead of polls.
Liberia’s Nobel winner and incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took a strong lead over rival Winston Tubman on Friday.
Liberians are voting in the country’s second election since it emerged from a 14-year civil war in 2003, a litmus test of its fragile democracy.
Liberia buzzed with election fever as Nobel laureates, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women’s activist Leymah Gbowee took to the streets.
Liberians are weighing the impact of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Nobel Peace Prize victory which has been slammed as an unfair boost ahead of elections.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called on African countries to work harder to get life-saving vaccines to children.
Forces backing Alassane Ouattara captured key cities on Wednesday and warned rival Laurent Gbagbo they would march on his stronghold.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire was criticised by rival camps on Tuesday.
Heavy fighting broke out in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday hours after Alassane Ouattara offered rival Laurent Gbagbo a chance to quit power.
