Africa

Senegalese President Macky Sall suggests his term in office should be reduced by two years - bucking the trend for African leaders to hold on to power.

Germany says North African countries cannot expect development aid if they refuse to take back failed asylum seekers.

A survivor of the terror attack in Burkina Faso which saw at least 29 people from 9 different countries die has spoken about the moment he was shot.

C onservationists have brought a new perspective to their work, by showing the release of sea turtles, from the point of view of the turtle.

With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid.

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Each week about 200 Syrian refugees are being given safe passage from Melilla, an autonomous Spanish enclave on the North African coast to Spain, as Chris Morris reports.

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People in Burkina Faso campaign for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.

The first of three days of national mourning have begun in the West African state of Burkina Faso, after at least 28 people were killed in an attack by Islamist militants.

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Burkina Faso's government says 26 people were killed and a further 56 injured after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, popular with foreigners.

The BBC's Thomas Fessy explains how the siege started in Burkina Faso's capital and how special forces brought it to an end.

US hostage on avoiding Burkina Faso attackers

Welcoming positive political developments in West Africa, in particular the holding of peaceful elections in Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Côte-d&#39Ivoire, members of the UN Security Council stressed the importance of the upcoming elections in Niger, Benin, Cabo Verde, Ghana and The Gambia to be &#8220free, fair, peaceful, inclusive and credible.&#8221

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the &#8220heinous terrorist attacks&#8221 carried out yesterday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso&#39s capital, which resulted in more than 29 deaths and many other people wounded.

As the worst El Niño-induced drought has sparked a sharp deterioration in food security and massive drop in agricultural and pastoral production in Ethiopia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today presented a $50 million plan to assist agriculture- and livestock-dependent households and enhance their resilience.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).