The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated the travel advice for Kenya, warning aid workers in the country that they should 'satisfy themselves that t...
More than 30 people were killed and many more wounded when an armed group attacked villages in northwestern Central African Republic on Tuesday, the UN's peacek...
Frequent acts of violent crime have grown to form a major threat to Nigeria’s national security. These include instances of militancy, insurgency and banditry. ...
A 77-year-old French-Spanish nun who taught impoverished women and girls in volatile Central African Republic has been decapitated, local authorities said Wedne...
Islamic State's West Africa branch claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a raid in Nigeria two days earlier in which it said 20 soldiers had been killed, and ...
Newlands East police are investigating cases of murder and carjacking, after a man was shot dead and his vehicle taken at a petrol station in KwaZulu-Natal on T...
The Director of the Royal Kingdom Security Network Limited, a private security firm, Dr Franklin Kwesi Biney, has underscored the need for all churches to devel...
A Dutch woman was shot in the face during a robbery while on vacation in Madagascar over the weekend. The bullet used turned out to be composed of corn and scra...
Eastern Cape police have rescued a 24-year-old Mthatha businessman from five days of captivity at the hands of his alleged kidnappers. They demanded a ransom of...
Authorities in Mali say at least seven people are dead after an attack in Koury, near the West African country's troubled border with Burkina Faso. Amadou Sangh...
DURBAN - On of the biggest semi-submersible ships in the world, Royal Boskalis Westminster NV’s Blue Marlin, was attacked by pirates just over a week ago. Blue ...
KAMPALA At least eight people have died and many more were injured or are missing after a boat carrying soccer players and fans capsized in Western Uganda, au...
DAKAR, Senegal — A mission to rescue kidnapped tourists that went fatally awry. A church burned to the ground, the priest shot at Sunday Mass. A day later, anot...
The US State Department issued a reminder to travellers that terrorism remains a threat in Kenya, and that militants may aim to carry out attacks during Ramadan...
The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has infected 1,720 and killed 1,136, giving the viral disease a whopping 66 percent fata...
Indigenous oil firm, Belemaoil has confirmed the kidnap of five oil workers on its platform in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State....
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali security forces are searching for two local aid workers who were kidnapped by gunmen believed to be Al-Shabab members in the south-w...
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deadly attacks on Christians in a “safe haven” for thousands fleeing violence in Burkina Faso mark a new phase of crisis, t...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A group of University of Florida students had a frightening experience overseas. Study abroad students with the UF Honors program were ...
Macomia, Mozambique - A series of deadly attacks across northern Mozambique has shaken the region in the aftermath of a cyclone disaster....
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Paris (AFP) A South Korean hostage rescued by French special forces in Burkina Faso last week was a tourist travelling in the region who had been seized close t...
The United Nations is stepping up measures to fight Ebola in South Sudan in case an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spills over the border....
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