Liberia election: Weah and Boakai headed for run-off
Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election.
Nearly all the results from Tuesday's poll have been counted, the election commission says.
Mr Weah, the first...
Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.
Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed...
Somalia: At least 30 dead in Mogadishu blasts
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 people, police say.
Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance...
Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast
An aircraft has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from the international airport of the main city Abidjan, with reports of several dead or injured people.
It was a cargo...
North Carolina prison guards dead after failed escape attempt
Two prison guards have died after inmates attempted to break out of a North Carolina jail.
Justin Smith, 35, and Veronica Darden, 50, died after prisoners at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution tried to escape on...
Iran nuclear deal: Trump poised to withdraw support
US President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw backing from the nuclear accord with Iran on Friday and lay out a more confrontational strategy.
The move would not withdraw the US from the deal but...
Liberia election: George Weah takes early lead
Partial results from Liberia's presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.
Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although...
Mob cheers on rape, killing of woman who served ‘forbidden fish’
A woman was raped, whipped and beheaded before a cheering mob in the Democratic Republic of Congo — as punishment for dishing up “forbidden fish” to a group of rebels who then drank her...
Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report
US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.
He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice,...
Boko Haram convicts ‘jailed for eight years’
About 20 people have so been found guilty in Nigeria for involvement with the Islamist militant Boko Haram group at closed-door trials taking place at a military facility in Kainji in north-central Niger state,...