Kenya: Pupils protest after Nairobi school is demolished
Primary schoolchildren have used their desks to block a major road in Kenya’s capital Nairobi after their school was demolished.
The Kenyatta Golf Course Academy was knocked down at the weekend following a land dispute.
They...
Trump ‘shared classified information with Russia’
President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about so-called Islamic State (IS) to Russia's foreign minister, US media report.
The information, related to the use of laptops on aircraft, came from a partner of the...
France’s Macron names Republican Philippe as PM
President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France's new prime minister.
Mr Philippe, 46, is not from the president's new centrist party but from the centre-right Republicans.
The choice is seen as an...
Akufo-Addo leaves for Senegal, Guinea
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana on Monday, May 15, 2017, to begin the second phase of his official working visits to the countries of the ECOWAS region.
Akufo-Addo’s first stop is Senegal...
Mutiny in Ivory Coast
There's been heavy gunfire in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast where troops have been staging a mutiny.
Residents said they heard shots being exchanged from early in the morning, describing the gunfire as...
Cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol
Friday's cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says.
Speaking to Britain's ITV, he said the world faced an escalating threat, and there was concern about the level...
Ebola outbreak declared after three die in DRC
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The World Health Organisation says three deaths are being linked to the virus, and it is taking the situation...
Trump insists he’s not under FBI investigation
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, while dismissing the FBI director he fired as a "showboat" and "grandstander".
Mr Trump also told NBC News it was his decision alone to...
Mugabe ‘resting eyes, not sleeping’
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's spokesman has hit back at critics who accuse him of falling asleep at public events, saying the 93 year old is in fact closing his eyes to protect them from...
Trump-Russia investigation: Michael Flynn ordered to hand over papers
A US Senate panel investigating Russian interference in last year's election has issued a rare formal demand for documents from President Donald Trump's former national security adviser.
Michael Flynn has failed to voluntarily co-operate with...