Africa

An Amnesty report into child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises questions for electronic firms.

Morocco says it has arrested a Belgian national linked to the men who carried out the Paris attacks, in which 130 people died.

Expressing concern over the impact on vital remittances from diaspora countries into Somalia caused by “necessary but less considered counter-terrorism regulations,” United Nations rights experts today warned the measures may “severely affect the human rights” of Somali people, while urging regulation-setting governments to guarantee the flow of such funds.

Watford sign forward Nordin Amrabat, capped 23 times by Morocco, from Spanish side Malaga.

Tanzanian police arrest more than 80 severely dehydrated Ethiopian migrants in the back of a lorry believed to be heading to South Africa.

Nigeria beat Niger 4-1 as Guinea equalise late to draw 2-2 with Tunisia in Group C at the 2016 African Nations Championship.

Attacks by the Islamic State group lead to a dramatic fall in tourism in parts of North Africa, where millions rely on the trade, new figures show.

The United Nations in Libya has expressed regret over the decision of the country’s Presidency Council to postpone the formation of a national unity government for 48 hours beyond the deadline set by a UN-facilitated political agreement, emphasizing that all efforts to combat and eliminate these terrorist groups must be led by the Libyan State.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) names three militants who it says carried out last week's hotel attack in Burkina Faso, killing 29 people.

Senegalese President Macky Sall suggests his term in office should be reduced by two years - bucking the trend for African leaders to hold on to power.

Germany says North African countries cannot expect development aid if they refuse to take back failed asylum seekers.

A survivor of the terror attack in Burkina Faso which saw at least 29 people from 9 different countries die has spoken about the moment he was shot.

C onservationists have brought a new perspective to their work, by showing the release of sea turtles, from the point of view of the turtle.

With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid.

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People in Burkina Faso campaign for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.

The first of three days of national mourning have begun in the West African state of Burkina Faso, after at least 28 people were killed in an attack by Islamist militants.