Africa
Two killed at opposition HQ in post-election Gabon
Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured as Gabon security forces stormed the opposition\'s headquarters early Thursday, as violence ...Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants, leader believed wounded
Nigeria’s air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and possibly fatally wounded their overall leader in a raid ...At least 10 killed in suicide car bomb attack in Somalia
At least 10 people were killed when two suicide car bombers attacked the local government headquarters in Somalia\'s Galkayo town in the ...Three dead in protests after DR Congo massacre
Three people, including a policeman, were killed Wednesday in clashes in a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a ...Nearly 1mn South Sudan refugees face dire conditions, says UN
Nearly a million refugees fleeing the brutal conflict in South Sudan, most of them women and children, are suffering dire conditions in ...Nineteen killed in clashes in central DRCongo
Nineteen people have been killed in clashes between police and militia in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.Fresh clashes erupt in South Sudan
Fresh clashes have erupted in South Sudan between government forces and former rebels, a month after deadly violence which threatened a fragile ...Sudan rebel groups sign AU-brokered peace roadmap
Prominent Sudanese rebel groups said Tuesday they have signed a roadmap brokered by African Union mediators to end deadly conflicts in Sudan\'s ...Moroccan Olympic boxer held over alleged sex attacks
Brazilian police arrested a Moroccan Olympic boxer on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the athletes\' village in Rio ...ANC battered at South Africa local elections
The African National Congress (ANC) reeled from bruising local election results Friday as South African voters drift away from the celebrated party ...