Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman was abducted and killed earlier this week in Burkina Faso - the latest incident that underlines the unraveling of security in th...
On Tuesday afternoon, five gunmen attacked the Dusit D2 hotel and office complex on Riverside Drive in the Westlands area of Nairobi.
If you are in Kenya or ...
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing protests and unrest, after the government increased fuel prices by 150% over the weekend. Unions called a three day general s...
Tropical Cyclone Cilida has strengthened to become 'an intense tropical cyclone', and it is projected to pass 'dangerously close' to Mauritius. Madagascar, Réun...
On Thursday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) electoral commission announced that the elections will be delayed by another week. The vote will now be ...
Demonstrations are planned for Antananarivo this weekend as Madagascar prepares to vote in the presidential election run off on Wednesday 19th December. The sec...
On Sunday the US Embassy in Kinshasa issued an alert that the embassy would be closed to the public on Monday due to a 'credible terror threat'. This advice has...
On Tuesday night three gunmen armed with AK47s abducted an Italian woman from Chakama, in Kenya's coastal region of Kilifi. Another woman and four children were...
On Wednesday, Madagascar will vote in a presidential election that sees 35 candidates competing with the current President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. This number...
On Sunday night, 78 students and their principal were abducted from a Presbyterian school in Nkwen, near Bamenda in northwest Cameroon. The students are aged be...
On Tuesday morning, gunmen shot at the car driven by American missionary Charles Wesco, fatally injuring him. He died shortly afterwards in a nearby hospital ru...
On Saturday, pirates boarded the Liberian flagged MV Pomerania Sky off the coast of Nigeria and abducted 11 crew members.
Reporting suggests that eight of th...
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the US State Department have both warned about the likelihood of terror attacks and abductions in Niger. Plea...
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated travel advice for Burkina Faso, warning against travel to regions bordering Mali and Niger. Terrorist group...
Authorities in Nigeria have confirmed the death of Hauwa Liman, a 24-year old midwife who was abducted along with two colleagues by militants in March.
Liman...
The US Embassy in Bamako, Mali, has restricted staff travel and issued a warning to travellers following a series of fatal armed robbery on the road between Sib...
On Thursday morning, billionaire Mohammed Dewji was abducted by masked gunmen as he entered the Colosseum Hotel and Fitness Club in Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, f...
On Saturday 13th October, local elections will take place in Côte d'Ivoire. Rallies and campaigns have been running for the last couple of weeks and will end on...
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently updated the travel advice for Burkina Faso, following the release of an alleged terrorist video and a series o...
On Saturday morning, pirates boarded the MV Glarus off the coast of Nigeria, destroyed most of the communication equipment and kidnapped 12 of the 19 crew membe...
Authorities have confirmed that Italian priest Father Pier Luigi Maccalli was abducted from Bomanga, in the southern Makalondi district, on Monday evening. Some...
On Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that Boko Haram has killed aid worker Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa. She was abducted i...
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