BBC (UK)
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 05:57
A grenade has been thrown at British tourists in Mombasa, Kenya, but failed to explode, police have said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 10:13
The French army has confirmed that it killed 19 people in a clash with suspected Islamists in Mali.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 10:10
Nineteen fighters from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered following an offensive against the rebel group in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Ugandan army says.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:45
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was "working harder than ever" to protect the more than 800,000 Syrians sheltering in Lebanon.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:42
As is normal when peace negotiations loom, the approach of the Geneva II conference scheduled for 22 January has witnessed something of an upsurge of violence in the struggle between regime and rebels in Syria.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:30
A US embassy spokesman in Ankara said the decision was made after Islamist rebels seized bases belonging to the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA).
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 00:00
The mayor of Colombia's capital, Bogota, Gustavo Petro, has been sacked following allegations of mismanagement of the rubbish collection system
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:42
French soldiers have started to remove weapons from fighters in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:35
In the home town of South Africa's late white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche, the BBC's Fergal Keane finds people publicly mourning for Nelson Mandela.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:01
Aid agencies paid Somalia's al-Shabab militants for access to areas under their control in the 2011 famine, according to a joint report by two think tanks.