BBC News
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 05:52
The Ebola virus may have been contained in Nigeria and Senegal, US health authorities say, after no new cases were reported there for almost a month.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 06:14
A lot has changed in Kenya since the attack at the Westgate shopping mall a year ago.
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 08:12
Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International says.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 06:08
US President Barack Obama is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, US officials say.
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 06:20
About 1,300 troops from 15 countries - including the US and other Nato members - have begun a military exercise near Lviv in western Ukraine.
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 06:00
Mozambican President Arnando Guebuza has signed a peace deal with ex-rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama, who on Thursday emerged from two years in hiding.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 12:28
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 06:11
Somalia's government has offered an amnesty to fighters of Islamist group al-Shabab, amid uncertainty over whether its leader survived a US air strike.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 08:53
The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan, with unconfirmed reports saying it was shot down.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 06:59
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag arrived in New Hampshire on Thursday evening with her American husband and her children.There was global condemnation when she was sentenced to hang for apostasy by a Sudanese court earlier this year.