Africa

For the hundreds of thousands of people in the Niger Delta, this must be the time when impunity ends.

After driving through Africa, Dutch adventurer Manon 'Tractor Girl' Ossevoort gears up for South Pole.

Zuma faced resignation calls earlier after using £13.73m of taxpayers' money on private home

President Blaise Compaoré vows to stay on and oversee transition of power.

Chiefs of armed forces and security agencies meet at Vice President Guy Scott's house to discuss power transfer.

Kaci Hickox criticises US Ebola quarantine regulations after being detained in hospital despite testing negative for the virus.

Islamists opposed to peace deal with Nigerian military to form separate group under new leader.

Breaking: City's Yale-New Haven Hospital says it is evaluating patient for Ebola-like symptoms.

The billionaire CEO's donation will be used to provide supplies for CDC operations in west Africa

Economic and social development in sub-Saharan Africa relies on its ability to provide electricity

Ebola's spread and the proliferation of Islamic fascism under Isis bring potential catastrophe.

SMEs are eyeing global trade potential but are alive to real or perceived obstacles.

Eye-witness Katie Meyler gives us a moving first-hand account of life under the shadow of Ebola.

President's deputy to step in during trial for charges of ethnic massacres that killed 1,200 people

Woman stoned to death by masked al-Shabaab fighters and local men for alleged adultery.

Beijing to send soldiers to join United Nations peacekeeping mission to assist conflict situation.

Ugandan police raid suspected militants sympathetic to East African terror group.

The President of Zimbabwe said white people in the country should all go back to England.

Monarch of tiny African nation marries 'Naughty Sindi', a former beauty pageant contestant.

A commission studying effects of indoor air pollution from burning solid fuels like wood and charcoal has warned about serious health effects and called for concerted action.

Security officials suspect al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in latest US aerial attack.

Military personnel have reportedly seized government buildings and taken radio stations off air.

Nigerian military insist Cameroon flight was 'tactical'.

Researchers claim that attention to gender dynamics may help get a grip on the deadly epidemic.

Four dangerous Ebola related email scams being used by cyber criminals

The private sector can expand the reach of humanitarian assistance in conflict-driven catastrophe.

MPs from both ruling and opposition parties convene to discuss tabling the anti-gay bill again in parliament.

Conspiracy theorists weigh in on motives behind the US's decision against sharing ZMapp.

Several Britons who recently returned from Africa now in quarantine admit public health officials

Cremation of victims comes after increased resistance from residents to allow burial of Ebola infected