Africa Breaking News

Rights Group Urges Mali to Release Teenage Detainees

Amnesty International says the detainees are 15 to 17 years old

Mozambique Plane Crash Kills All 33 Onboard

Missing Mozambique Airliner Found, All 33 Onboard Dead

The flight from Mozambique with 27 passengers and six crew members was due to land in the Angolan capital, Luanda, Friday afternoon, but never arrived

Mozambique Plane Carrying 34 Goes Missing

Airline says initial information indicates flight might have landed in northern Namibia near Botswana-Angola border

Former Mali Coup Leader Arrested, Charged with Murder

Charges are in connection with killing of army 'Red Beret' soldiers in April 2012, during counter-coup attempt

Mali Coup Leader Arrested on Murder Charges

Charges are in connection with killing of army 'Red Beret' soldiers in April 2012, during counter-coup attempt

France Sending Hundreds More Troops to CAR

Muslim Leader Says Angolan Authorities Destroying Mosques

David Alberto Já, president of the Islamic Community of Angola, says 60 mosques have been shut down, mostly outside Luanda

Gunmen Kill 37 in Central Nigerian Villages

ICC: Kenyan President Must Attend Trial

Hague-based court says President Kenyatta 'as a general rule' must be present in court, other requests to miss parts of his trial will be considered on 'case-by-case basis'

Rebel Nigerian Governors Join Opposition Party

Governors of Kano, Sokoto, Adamawa, Rivers, Kwara states say they are joining the All Progressives Congress party, or APC