More than a dozen prisoners escaped after a Zambian cop reportedly got drunk and freed them so they could celebrate New Year's Eve, according to officials.
A 13-year-old boy has taken legal action against his parents, who he says tricked him into going to Africa and later abandoned him at a boarding school.
Not all are aware about the meddling of CIA in Africa's affairs until secrets are revealed by former CIA employees blaming terrorism as the main reason for the arrest, downfall or even death of Africa's prominent leaders.
Kenya burned huge pyres with hundred tons of illegal seized ivory in Kenya. This is a move by African leaders to end the illegal ivory trade endangering elephants as well as rhinos.
Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. The court dismissed the governments appeal to ban the LGBT group.
Big company Shell is called to take its responsibility over the damage caused by the oil spill. A couple of Nigerian communities filed a damage action holding Royal Dutch Shell responsible over multiple oil spills in the Niger Delta.
A manhunt operation is ongoing in Tanzania after a British helicopter pilot was killed and a safari guide was injured during a search after they were hit by poachers from the ground. Five people have been arrested but authorities are looking for the perpetrators in the incident.
Burgundi police arrested a British journalist and a French colleague in a raid. Both men were released a day later after French media and foreign ministry demanded immediate release of the journalists.
Central African Republic will hold much-delayed national elections Wednesday that residents and the international community hope will bring stability after years of sectarian violence. Dates for the polls have been repeatedly scheduled and missed due to violence and a lack of organization.
Barack Obama and his administration enacts protection for lions. The White House is expected to extend the Endangered Species Act protections for two breeds of lions in Africa.
Kenya said on Thursday it was ready to quit the International Criminal Court if it did not get assurances about the handling of the trial of its vice president, hardening a rift between African powers and the tribunal.
Sweden will impose temporary border controls from Thursday in response to a record influx of refugees, a turnaround for a country known for its open-door policies that also threw down the gauntlet to other EU nations hit by a migration crisis.
Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step "towards normality".
South Africa's parliament on Tuesday rejected investigating President Jacob Zuma for possible impeachment for allowing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant and leave the country in June.
Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as European Union asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented migration.
A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union's living standards and social infrastructure, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, saying the bloc was unable to take in millions of people seeking a new life.
Italy arrested five North African men on Friday on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.
