South Africa: restored calm after service delivery protests

By Christine Petré. Since the beginning of this week several Mpumalanga villages including Polar and Siwalala were hit by protesters demanding water,

RDC : la marche des chrétiens réprimée

Les députés de l’Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) d’Étienne Tshisekedi étaient les grands absents

Sénégal : des opposants dispersés au gaz lacrymogène

Des policiers ont dispersé ce mercredi à l’aide de gaz lacrymogènes quelques centaines d’opposants sénégalais qui tentaient

Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff

Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb on Monday,

Militants attack police station in Nigeria’s Kano

Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano

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,