Kenyans deserve apology for politician Miguna Miguna's 'rape' comments campaigners say
The lewd comments about a political rival are 'trivialising sexual abuse', Human Rights Watch said.
Opposition warns of 'insurrection' in DRC as President Kabila's term ends
Politician Raphael Katebe Katoto tells IBTImes UK Congolese will not accept new transition government.
Rwandan Catholic church condemns 'genocide' priest Thomas Nahimana's return from exile
Church accuses exiled Presidential hopeful Thomas Nahimana of 'genocide crimes' in 1994.
Zimbabwe war veterans go on trial for undermining President Mugabe's authority
Army veterans have long suported Mugabe but they published a shock document describing him as 'dictatorial'.
Lebanon criticised for building a 'security' wall around Palestinian refugee camp
Critics have called the structure around Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp an 'apartheid' wall.
At least 16 killed travelling to Sufi Muslim pilgrimage in Senegal town of Tuba
Road accidents blamed for deaths after millions attend Grand Magal, the Mouride annual pilgrimage.
I will be the next president of Zimbabwe, says former Mugabe ally Joice Mujuru
Zimbabwe People First leader launches attack against president, saying 'I am the bridge towards a better future'.
UN mission donates equipment to radio stations in bid to return peace to Timbuktu
A dozen voice recorders handed out in Timbuktu in Mali as Islamist groups continue to operate.
Moroccan courts sentence Frenchmen of ISIS-linked charges based on 'fake' confessions, say activists
Sentencing based largely on "tainted" confessions written in Arabic, instead of their mother tongue of French.
Can international pressure overturn death sentence of Mauritanian 'apostate' blogger?
Mauritania government face calls from Islamist groups for Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'khaitir's execution.
Zimbabwean activists urge population to remain non-violent after attack on pro-democracy leaders
Attack on activists was 'clearly an act of intimidation to try and thwart the demonstration today'.
Zimbabwean pro-democracy activists abducted and beaten ahead of demonstration
IBTimes UK speaks to activists about the attack on Patson Dzamara, Ishmael Kauzani and Sten Zvorwadza.
Without proper support repatriation effort of Somali refugees from Dadaab 'is likely to fail'
Somalis make up 95% of the 280,000-strong population at Dadaab refugee camp that Kenya is closing.
Petition for UN probe into alleged murder of street children by Kenyan police is close to target
Activists claim at least 14 homeless children allegedly were killed by Eldoret city police in last 12 months.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum warns of mass atrocities in Zimbabwe
Fears that the death of Robert Mugabe will unleash a wave of blood-letting
Central African Republic: Rights groups urge global community to support Special Criminal Court
NGOs meet in Brussels to ask donor countries for support to end impunity for crimes under international law.
UN forced to cut food rations to thousands of refugees in Uganda amid funding shortfall
450,780 people have fled war-torn South Sudan to Uganda, which now hosts 650,000 refugees.
Burundi will soon be one of 'Africa's biggest refugee crises', says MSF
Authorities in Tanzania are struggling with dramatic rise in the number of new Burundian refugee arrivals.
Burundi poised to make constitution changes sparking fears of entrenched Nkurunziza regime
Burundians fear changes may upset fragile ethnic power-sharing requirements as civil war looms.
Who is Abdullahi Sheikh Abas? The first Somalia refugee elected as MP in historic election
Born in Dadaab, Kenya's largest refugee camp, Abas beat the country's minister of information.
HRW urges African states to defend ICC's core principles and protect victims of worst crimes
ICC members may offer concessions "in a misguided effort" to deter others from leaving ICC.
Kenya forcing refugees to return to war-torn Somalia Amnesty claims
Rights groups claim the conditions of return for Somali refugees are against international law.
Gabon opposition fails to unite around President Ali Bongo's political dialogue
Prominent opposition leader Casimir Oye Mba is against peer Jean Ping's refusal to agree to dialogue.
Who will replace Prime Minister Matata Ponyo in DRC's new transitional government?
IBTimes UK looks at candidates for the DRC's transitional government with Azarias Ruberwa favoured for PM.
Hundreds of children accused of witchcraft at risk of abuse in UK warns charity
Charity Africans Unite Against Child Abuse warns that 'witchcraft' and 'exorcism' child abuse cases are rising.
Who is Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'khaitir, the Mauritanian blogger on death row for 'apostasy'?
Young blogger faces Mauritania's repressive treatment of any expression critical of Islam for online article.
UN urges peaceful transition to prevent chaos as DRC President Kabila's term ends
UN delegation told President Kabila 'a third term has not been considered as a solution to the crisis'.
Military will play no role in President Robert Mugabe's succession says Zimbabwe Army general
Comments come amid tense fight over who will succeed Mugabe within his ruling Zanu-PF party.
Crimes against humanity trial adjourned again against Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo
She fails to show in court for alleged role in 2010 election violence.
Donald Trump's victory, as seen through the pens of Africa's best cartoonists
IBTimes UK collates the best drawings about Trump by African cartoonists Gado, Yalo and Zapiro.