(A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists.)

(Libya’s internationally recognised parliament on Monday voted to reject a UN-backed unity government, lawmakers said, in a major blow to international efforts to end the country’s unrest. )

(Onze anciens membres du régiment de sécurité présidentielle, l’unité auteur d’un putsch raté en septembre dernier au Burkina Faso, ont été interpellés après l’attaque vendredi d’un dépôt d’armes près de la capitale Ouagadougou, a déclaré ce dimanche l’armée.)

(La commission de l’Union Africaine (UA) a nommé l’ex Premier togolais Edem Kodjo en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) comme facilitateur en vue de mener les consultations pour le dialogue politique.)

(Kenya’s military carried out air raids on al-Qaeda-linked militants in southwestern Somalia after an attack on an African Union military base Jan. 15 in which the Islamists said at least 100 Kenyan soldiers died.)

(It took just 15 minutes on Monday morning for South Africa’s rand to plummet 9 percent in what traders said may be a prelude of the new normal in the global $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market.)

(Ugandan government and ruling party officials are intimidating and threatening journalists and activists in an effort to limit criticism of the government, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Uganda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on February 18, 2016….

(The news that South Africa has missed the deadline set by US President Barack Obama in November 2015, for us to comply with our AGOA commitments, shows clearly and finally that Minister Rob Davies and President Jacob Zuma simply aren’t interested in…

(The recent decision by Rwanda’s electorate to allow Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office – and Kagame’s confirmation last Friday that he will do so – underscores a re-emerging trend in Africa that has seen constitutional term limits for…