(Events to mark Nelson Mandela’s first death anniversary include interfaith prayer service and a cricket match. South Africans have started marking the first anniversary of the death of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who died last year at the age of 95.)

(Deadly raid comes against backdrop of hostilities between Islamist extremists al-Shabaab and Kenyan government.At least 36 people are feared dead after gunmen staged an attack on a quarry in north-east Kenya, according to the Red Cross.)  

(South Africa, which continues to have the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection in the world, will mark World Aids Day on Monday with a variety of activities including a reunion of activists.”The reunion, hosted in Johannesburg, will involve many individuals who had…

(Namibians are choosing a new president and parliament – in what is Africa’s first electronic ballot.The ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) is expected to win the poll and Prime Minister Hage Geingob to become president. Opposition parties had challenged the…

(Au moins quarante-cinq personnes ont été tuées mercredi 19 novembre dans une attaque attribuée à Boko Haram d’un village du nord-est du Nigeria, fief de l’insurrection islamiste, ont indiqué jeudi des témoins et des responsables officiels. L’attaque a visé Azaya Kura, dans…

(“WFP has done everything it can to avoid reducing rations, using all means at our disposal to cover critical funding gaps,” said WFP Deputy Country Director for Kenya Paul Turnbull, appealing for $38 million to cover operations for the next six months,…

(A framework for a transitional government in Burkina Faso has been agreed after talks between political, military and civil leaders. A spokesman for the talks in Ouagadougou said the charter project was agreed unanimously. The transitional body is intended to return the…

[Burkina Faso’s military must return the country to civilian rule within the next two weeks or face sanctions, the African Union has said. The interim president promised a “consensus” leader ahead of the AU demand. The African Union (AU) gave the army…

  [La situation est toujours très tendue à Béni, dans l’est de la RDC. Ce dimanche 2 novembre, des centaines d’habitants de la ville ont manifesté leur colère pendant plusieurs heures face à l’insécurité qui règne dans leur ville après une nouvelle…

[Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region….