Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings

One killed as Senegal police, anti-Wade crowds clash

At least one person was killed on Tuesday as Senegalese security forces armed with truncheons

Uganda detains opposition leader ahead of rally

Ugandan police fired tear gas before bundling opposition leader Kizza Besigye

Nigeria sect leader defends killings in video

The leader of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said recent killings of Christians were justifiable revenge attacks

Five killed in attack on mosque in S.Nigeria: source

Five people were killed when a mob attacked a mosque in southern Nigeria

Islamist gunmen kill 8 in attack in Nigerian bar

Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect opened fire on bar in northeastern

Tribal clashes in S.Sudan kill at least 24

Tribal clashes have killed at least 24 people in a South Sudan state, where 60,000 people

Two blasts hit northeast Nigeria, shootout kills 1

Kenya tribal clashes kill 6, including 3 children

Fighting over grazing land between two communities in Kenya killed six people on Wednesday,

Ex-warlord warns of S.Nigeria backlash at Boko Haram

Southern Nigerians could take up arms to fight northern Boko Haram Islamists, and are holding back only out of respect for the president,

ICRC sends aid for casualties in Somalia fighting

The International Committee for the Red Cross said on Friday it had sent more than a tonne of medical supplies to southern Somalia,

S. Sudan says Sudan air raids kill 17 civilians

South Sudan’s armed forces accused Sudan of killing 17 southern civilians in airstrikes on Thursday,

Northern Nigerian Christians warn of religious war

Northern Nigerian Christians said on Tuesday they feared that a spate of Chrtistmas Day bombings by Islamast militants

Nigerian leaders rapped after Islamists attack churches

Nigeria lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said on Monday, following Christmas Day bomb attacks

Côte d’Ivoire: quatre morts dans des violences

Quatre personnes, deux soldats et deux jeunes, ont été tuées et une quinzaine blessées lors d’affrontements impliquant des communautés et des militaires