Cape Town safety fears force parents to seek former white-only schools
Fears of crime and gang violence in the notorious townships on the…
The women at the centre of Somalia’s construction boom
Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises…
At least 45 killed in central Nigeria raid
Officials say at least 45 people have been killed during an overnight…
Congolese rebels want peaceful solution to crisis, UN says
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
Nigeria pardons activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after execution
Nigeria's president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after…
Starvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts
Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps…
Kenyan blogger was hit and assaulted to death, autopsy reveals
A Kenyan blogger who died in police custody was hit on the…
Nearly 50 people killed in South Africa floods
At least 49 people, including several schoolchildren, have been killed in the…
Protest hits Kenya after shock death of man held by police
Dozens of activists have staged a protest outside a mortuary in Kenya's…
Schoolchildren swept away as heavy floods and snow hit South Africa
A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in…