Africa

How the very existence of Africa’s elephants is threatened by poachers, traffickers and Asia’s appetite for ivory.

The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the increasing number of attacks against high-level officials in Burundi and called for proper investigations to be carried out.

The most senior United Nations official in Libya today said he is deep concerned by recent incursions by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) into Libya’s oil crescent region and by attacks carried on oil fields.

What South Sudanese want now that war has ended

In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers the implications for Zambia of recent riots.

'I can't speak Igbo but I want my son to learn'

The United Nations Security Council today extended until 31 July the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), determining that the situation in the country constitutes a threat to international peace and security.

The country planning to privatise its primary schools

What has happened to the "pride of Africa"?

In our series of letters by African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani blows her vuvuzela for Nigeria's Super Falcons.

End to Ethiopians' hunt for 'illegal' skateboarding spots

People across Kenya are marking the first anniversary of the massacre of 148 people at Garissa University by al-Shabab militants.