The Islamist group al Shabaab said its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military

A migrant from Africa has drowned in Venice's Grand Canal as tourists and locals filmed the apparent suicide on

Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered millions of dollars in his final weeks in power leaving state coffers "empty", an

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out Saturday from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to President

Gambians yesterday anxiously awaited the departure of strongman Yahya Jammeh after he agreed to stand down

Gambia's new President Adama Barrow demanded "loyalty" from the armed forces yesterday as he took the oath of office in Senegal in a standoff with Yahya Jammeh, the longtime leader refusing to step down after his election defeat.

A suicide bombing targeting militia groups committed to restoring peace in Mali left nearly 50 people dead yesterday and struck a fresh

At least 33 people are killed when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a military camp in Mali's northern city of Gao, according to a provisional death toll announced by the army.

At least 10 people were killed in a Brazilian prison uprising late on Saturday, local media said, adding to chaos in the

Boko Haram killed at least five soldiers at a military base in northeast Nigeria, while suicide bombers killed three people in the key city of

A suspected jihadist held in eastern Libya told a local television channel late Saturday that two Tunisian journalists who went missing in

Ivory Coast soldiers yesterday ended a two-day mutiny in the second city Bouake and other key areas after reaching a deal on their

Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video yesterday to dispute a claim that the jihadist

Nigerian troops yesterday foiled an attempt by two female suicide bombers to attack a cattle market in the restive

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday claimed the military had routed Boko Haram in a key northeastern

At least 40 people have been killed and another 460 arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week during protests against

The UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for a year, demanding an

Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvelous City, officially entered the UN's list of world heritage sites Tuesday in

A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on Saturday, a

Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 56 people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in the