The relatives of Farzana Iqbal who bludgeoned her to death in May outside a Pakistani court, causing a public outcry, have been sentenced to death.
Online abuse in Pakistan is triggering real-world violence against women owing to slow responses from Facebook and Twitter and poor law enforcement.
The powerful Afghan vice-president Marshal MQ Fahim has died of natural causes, weeks before the country goes to the polls.
Kenyan troops marched into a Somalian fishing village two months ago, but they have not yet found the al-Qaeda-linked militants they came to hunt.
The spokespeople of Kenyan soldiers and members of an extremist Islamist militant group have taken their battle to Twitter with insults flying.
African Union troops fighting al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in the failed state of Somalia have a $10-million funding gap.
Somali refugees are falling victim to rape and assault as the region endures its worst drought in over 60 years.
What do mosquitoes like more than human skin? Stinky socks. Scientists think the odour of human feet can be used to attract and kill mosquitoes.
Three people were killed after suicide bombers attacked an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital on Monday.
Five simultaneous suicide attacks targeted African Union bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, officials have said.
An advocacy group on Sunday said new satellite images provide evidence that northern Sudanese troops have committed war crimes.
Embattled Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo will try to mend fences with the United States, but US politicians are fuming over the debacle with former Liberian president…
High above the traffic jams and street vendors choking on exhaust fumes, Nigeria’s larger-than-life politicians stride majestically towards the edge of towering billboards, arms…
Abducting oil workers for ransom has become so common in Nigeria that beer mats in expatriate bars read, "Eat a lot — fat people are harder to kidnap". But for the four foreign…
After a year dominated by tsunamis, earthquakes and conflict, the small West African country of Liberia is seen as an unusual success story. The civil war was ended by…
Weh Nengon arrived at St Peter’s Lutheran church at 5am on Tuesday to cast his vote in the Liberian presidential run-off. Under the asphalt at his feet lay his 18-year-old…
On the potholed and bullet-scarred streets of Liberia, a former world footballer-of-the-year is trying to beat a 66-year-old politician at her own game. Next Tuesday, ex-Chelsea…
Precious* was 12 years old when she first sold sex, to a man nearly four times her age. Now 18, the Liberian schoolgirl says she sleeps with between five and six men on an…
The villagers in Egebeleku community have clean water. Shell built the project, powered by solar panels, to improve relations with the local communities they work alongside in…
While the militias and government troops battle it out in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s premier oil-producing city, an uneasy peace has descended on its twin sister in the west. For…
