Africa

France must investigate its potential war crime in Mali, activists demand

French defence ministry has disputed UN's findings that it bombed a wedding party in January

Sailors abducted by pirates off Nigeria coast return to Turkey

Pirates kill sailor, kidnap 15, in attack on Turkish-owned ship off Nigeria

The French might have bombed a wedding party in Mali. And no one seems to care

Azad Essa

Al-Qaeda's Maghreb branch has revealed its weakness with new leadership

Why African states must not help to normalise Israel

Tafi Mhaka

Why Turkey is making friends in West Africa

Mehmet Ozkan

In Mali, a cattle market offers refuge and hope amid fears of genocide

African Union to deploy 3,000 troops to Sahel region amid surge in violence

'Time to go home': South Sudanese cautiously welcome unity government

Can South Sudan's men of war lead the country to peace?

EXCLUSIVE: South Sudan's president blasts UN over Abyei massacre

EXCLUSIVE: South Sudan massacre survivors say UN failed to protect them

France hosts G5 Sahel leaders as Macron threatens to withdraw French troops

Imam Zakzaky: How Nigerian cleric became a pawn in Gulf power struggle

Crossing the river: Black Mauritanians haunted by mass expulsion to Senegal

Egypt and Ethiopia meet in Russia over mega dam dispute

Ethiopia's prime minister warns of war with Egypt over dam project

Five ways Nobel winner Abiy Ahmed left his mark on the Middle East

African Union lifts suspension on Sudan after new government formed

Massacre in Mali: How the 'war on terror' fuels tribal violence in the Sahel