Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls to elect members of the National Assembly and local councils, but President Évariste Ndayishimiye is safe in his role until 2027. The...

At least 20 people were killed in a military airstrike in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state over the weekend, residents and Amnesty International reported on Monday. The incident occurred in Maraya...

Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire have accused Tanzanian security officers of sexually assaulting them during their detention last month. The two were arrested upon...

The UK has made a significant move in the long-standing dispute over Western Sahara, backing Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed territory. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the support...

A South African court has opened an inquest into the 1985 murders of four anti-apartheid activists, known as the Cradock Four, by a police hit squad. The activists, Fort Calata,...

A Tunisian national was shot dead by his 53-year-old neighbour in Puget-sur-Argens, southern France, with the prosecutor investigating the incident as a racially motivated crime. The victim, believed to be...

An Al Qaeda-linked rebel group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali's Boulkessi, near the border with Burkina Faso, killing over...

Thirty-three persons have been feared killed by suspected herdsmen in coordinated attacks on Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas of Benue State, leaving many residents missing. The attacks occurred...

Kenyans have expressed outrage over the detention of Rose Njeri, a software developer who created a tool to help people oppose the government's annual finance bill due to fears it...

The Kano State Government has announced a two-week mid-term holiday for all primary and post-primary schools in the state to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Schools will proceed on break from...