BBC (UK)
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 08:04
A severed human head has been sent to the boss of Kenya's police commission, Johnston Kavuludi, who has been trying to reform the service.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:23
The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will stop fighting, following days of clashes with UN-backed forces.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:23
A Rwandan woman has been killed and a baby wounded in shelling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Rwandan official has said.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:58
Tunisia has designated the hardline Salafist Ansar al-Sharia movement a "terrorist group", blaming it for the killing of two secular politicians.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:02
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 20 members of vigilante groups trying to fight back against the group in north-east Borno state.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 07:33
Four peacekeepers are missing in Sudan's Darfur region after being swept away by floods, a UN official has said.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:52
The UN has opened an investigation into reports that its troops killed two Congolese civilians during protests in the eastern city of Goma, amid fighting with rebels.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:49
Nigeria's military says Abubakar Shekau, the leader of militant Islamist group Boko Haram, may have died of a gun-shot wound sustained during an assault by government forces on his forest hide-out in north-eastern Nigeria last month. Nigeria analyst Andrew Walker assesses the implications of the claim.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:43
Suspected Islamist militants from the Boko Haram group have killed at least 35 people in north-eastern Nigeria, local officials have said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 06:59
An al-Qaeda-linked group led by Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar says it has merged with another group to take revenge against France for its military campaign in Mali.