Africa

A red bandana has become the new symbol of protest in Mogadishu as anger over the city's most destructive bomb attack is boiling over on to the streets.

The Oscar-winning actress is the latest to make claims about the producer.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans this week.

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall is the subject of a new documentary that includes recently unearthed footage from her explorations in Africa.

A red bandana becomes the symbol of protest in Mogadishu as Somalis protest at Saturday's bombing.

The family of an Algerian journalist arrested on espionage charges is desperately trying to secure his release.

A Facebook page is helping to identify those killed or missing in Somalia's deadliest terror attack in a decade.

A shocking image of a dehorned black rhino makes Brent Stirton Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Why is Africa's most populous country struggling to educate its children?

The University of Oxford pays tribute to its first black student Christian Cole.

Timothy Weah says he is not overawed by the prospect of following the footsteps of famous father, and Liberian legend, George.

Deadly bomb attacks in Somalia kill at least 281 people but there are no hashtags of solidarity

The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence.

Africa must focus on young people, empower women and girls, and be innovative in leveraging resources and financing for development, Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday as the United Nations kicked off Africa Week.

Voicing concern over restrictions on protests as well as attacks on judiciary and civil society in the run-up to presidential elections in Kenya, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts called on the Government to honour its obligations and protect the rights of Kenyans.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today commended the first responders and residents of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for mobilizing to aid in what is being called Somalia&#39s worst-ever bomb attack.

Thirty years after his death, Becky Branford recalls interviewing Burkina Faso's legendary leader just before he was assassinated.

The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemned today&#39s blasts in the capital, Mogadishu, which reportedly killed or injured dozens of people.

The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has strongly condemned provocation of ethnic and religious hatred armed groups and politicians in the Central African Republic and impressed the need for urgent, concerted and coordinated steps to end violence, defuse intercommunity tensions and alleviate the suffering of the civilian population.

United Nations relief agencies have upped their response in western Libya’s Sabratha region following intensification of conflict that has already driven over 15,000 people from their homes.