BBC (UK)
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 07:00
Kenya's military says it has carried out an air strike on an Islamist camp in Somalia, killing 30 militants, including al-Shabab commanders.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 08:09
South Sudan's rebels are strengthening their defences in the key city of Bentiu in anticipation of a government offensive to recapture it, a BBC reporter there says.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:41
Islamist militants in Somalia have issued a directive banning companies from providing internet services.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:40
The governing Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition agreed last year that Mr Jomaa should head a caretaker government until elections.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:38
The UN has warned that the Central African Republic is heading toward a humanitarian disaster, as people fleeing conflict pack into overcrowded camps with poor sanitation.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:29
Thousands of people are fleeing the South Sudanese city of Bentiu amid fears of a government offensive to recapture the oil-rich area from rebels, a BBC reporter there says.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:26
Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's use of air strikes against civilians in the city of Aleppo.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:20
Equatorial Guinea has denied reports that its borders with Cameroon and Gabon were officially closed on 1 January.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:56
A Western diplomat in the Gulf, who asked not to be named, said this was the biggest counter-terrorism arms haul in two years and it was being taken extremely seriously by Western governments.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:45
"The government urgently needs to deal with the threat from al-Qaeda, but killing their own citizens unlawfully is not the way," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW regional director