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Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:20
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, has blown up a pipeline leaving at least 16,000 people without water, authorities say.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 07:56
The US says it will give $5m (£3.2m) towards a multi-national task force being set up to fight Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:26
A series of explosions in the northern-eastern Nigerian town of Monguno has killed an estimated 20 people.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:49
The main Shia opposition leader in Bahrain, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been jailed for four years for inciting violence, state media say.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 06:48
A suicide bomb attack has targeted a police building in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, officials say.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 06:36
Madagascar's constitutional court has thrown out parliament's bid to dismiss President Hery Rajaonarimampianina.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:21
UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping, a draft UN report says.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 06:34
Eritrea's government has dismissed as a "vile slander" a UN report accusing it of human rights violations on a scale "seldom witnessed elsewhere".
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 06:54
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has hit the ground running after assuming office, meeting his military chiefs and the leaders of neighbouring Niger and Chad, countries which have been helping in the fight against Boko Haram.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:27
The United States will send a team to Nigeria in the next few weeks to discuss with the new government ways to renew cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram