The former head of Burundi’s army has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Bujumbura. Col Jean Bikomagu, who led the armed forces during the country’s civil war, was gunned down as he drove through the gates of his house. His daughter was badly injured in the attack, a family member told AFP. […]
African Union (AU ) soldiers allegedly killed six people at a wedding in Somalia’s port town of Merca, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has given his new military chiefs a three-month deadline to defeat the Islamist militant Boko Haram group.
The Nigerian-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram has a new leader, Chad’s President Idriss Deby says.
Italy’s navy says it has rescued 52 migrants from a sinking rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean, but about 50 others are missing. A warship was able to pick up about half of those on board. Another two people were rescued after being spotted clinging to a floating barrel. Meanwhile, migrants continue to arrive on the
An explosion at a crowded market in the north-east state of Borno in Nigeria has killed at least 47 people, officials say.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a committee to advise him on how best to tackle corruption and reform the legal system.
A Rwandan soldier serving as a peacekeeper in the Central African Republic (CAR) has shot dead four colleagues before killing himself, the Rwandan Defence Ministry has said. Eight others were wounded in the attack, a statement said. A Rwandan military spokesman called the incident “deplorable”. Those dead served under the UN’s mission in CAR, deployed
At least 12 people are thought to have been killed, including gunmen and Malian soldiers, after suspected Islamist insurgents battled the army in the central Malian town of Sevare. Four United Nations workers survived the siege, but at least four other foreign nationals are feared to have died at and around Hotel Byblos. One South
Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
