Google Maps: Lagosians react to the new Nigerian accent

The Google Maps navigation service now reads directions with a Nigerian accent.

Libya shipwreck: Scores of migrants feared drowned

At least 115 people are missing and more than 130 have been rescued, a Libyan naval official says.

Obituary: Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi

Beji Caid Essebsi was a secularist who became Tunisia's first freely elected president in 2014.

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

Action Against Hunger is "strongly urging" captors to release the six employees.

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

Action Against Hunger is "strongly urging" captors to release the six employees.

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia’s first freely elected president dies aged 92

Beji Caid Essebsi, who was the oldest sitting president in the world, dies in Tunis aged 92.

Bobi Wine to run for Ugandan presidency

The pop star tuned politician says he will challenge Yoweri Museveni for the presidency in 2021.

Bobi Wine to run for Ugandan presidency

The pop star tuned politician says he will challenge Yoweri Museveni for the presidency in 2021.

The puzzling ‘mass migration’ of Ugandans to India

The number of Ugandans living in India has risen sharply, according to census data. But is that accurate?

Suicide bomber kills six in attack on Mogadishu mayor’s office

A woman bomber seriously injures the mayor of the Somali capital and kills at least six other people.