BBC (UK)
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 07:13
No group has said it abducted Mr Nuh, but militias have seized senior officials before to get political leverage.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:54
The Sudanese security forces' recent crackdown on protests over rising prices has fundamentally changed the political situation in Sudan.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:39
The roaring waters of the Congo River have the power to light up much of Africa - such is its huge hydroelectric potential.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:33
US moves to classify the Islamist group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organisation may encourage the militants to justify their new status by seeking international terror links in a region that is home to an al-Qaeda franchise.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 00:00
The changes reduced protected areas in farms and declared an amnesty for areas destroyed before 2008.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:43
About 23,000 Ethiopians have surrendered to Saudi authorities since a clampdown on illegal migrant workers began in the oil-rich kingdom last week, officials have said.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:28
The US has designated Nigeria's Boko Haram and Ansaru militant groups as foreign terrorist organisations.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:21
Somalia's government has declared the north-eastern region of Puntland hit by a tropical cyclone at the weekend a disaster area.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 10:51
The US state department is expected to designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, as a foreign terrorist organisation.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 10:35
A cyclone that hit Somalia's north-eastern Puntland region at the weekend is known to have killed 140 people, and the number could rise to 300, a government minister has said.