DRC: Opposition parties urge population to paralyse the country on 16 February
Coalition has called for a day of 'villes-mortes' (dead cities) to ask for timely and free elections.
Zimbabwe 'opposition leader' admits plan to petrol-bomb Grace Mugabe's dairy
Bombing case leads to Zimbabwe's chief prosecutor arrest for treason.
DRC: 'US must impose sanctions' to stem violence ahead of looming poll, rights activists urge
Human Rights Watch calls on US government to take action to enable timely and credible elections.
Uganda elections 2016: 'I am not a fanatic of presidency' claims President Museveni
Yoweri Museveni says he would only step down once an East African Federation is created.
Zimbabwe: Mugabe urged to invest in agriculture to feed 2.5m starving people due to El Nino
Facing brunt of El Nino drought, Zimbabwe has declared state of disaster as Mugabe turns 92.
Burundi: Who are the five heads of state pressed to convince Nkurunziza to accept peacekeepers?
IBTimes UK profiles the five heads of state and analyses what impact they may have on Nkurunziza.
Uganda elections 2016: Opposition against Museveni grows as Ugandan exiles protest in London
IBTimes UK meets Ugandan political activists calling for change in the country's leadership.
Calls for boycott after Starbucks ban on women in Saudi Arabia causes uproar
Saudi Arabia's religious police forbid women from entering the coffee shop.
Dogs of war: Who are the British mercenaries roaming Africa accused of 'war crimes'?
IBTimes UK looks at the proliferation of private military and security services firms in Africa.
Burundi: British Le Monde journalist says he was arrested 'for no reason' by regime
Philip Edward Moore has spoken about his 'baseless' detention for the first time.
Circonflexgate: French fury over spelling reforms results in Twitter trend #JeSuisCirconflexe
Anger over Education Ministry decision to change 2,400 spellings and ditch 'little hat' circumflex accent.
Kenya: Human-rights defenders investigating violations in Burundi have received death threats
EXCLUSIVE: A text message read: 'You have exposed our masters to death we are ready to kill you'.
Zimbabwe: The 'suspicious' case involving President Mugabe, the prosecutor and a bomb plot
IBTimes UK looks at the prosecutor-general charged over President Mugabe bomb plot.
DRC: Congolese warlord Katanga on trial again at ICC over new war-crime charges
'Simba' already convicted in 2014 of complicity of slaughtering of 200 ethnic Hema civilians in Bogoro.
Burundi: Rwanda accused of training Burundian rebels, UN experts claim
UN experts claims leaked memo accuses Rwanda of recruiting and training Burundian refugees.
Zika virus: Dutch NGO offers free abortion pills online to women infected with Zika
Number of Latin American countries criminalise abortion and limit access to birth control
War on Isis: Six Daesh terrorists arrested in France after allegedly planning to attack sex clubs
Six people with 'allegiances to Daesh' arrested with bus tickets to Syria via Bulgaria and Turkey.
David Sejusa: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's most ardent critic appears in court martial
Uganda's controversial former intelligence chief David Sejusa appears in court
Burundi: What next now that the AU has dropped its peacekeeping plans?
IBTimes UK speaks to Chris McKeon, Africa analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, about potential solutions.
African Union Summit: Conflicts plaguing the continent high on the agenda
AU leaders discussed terrorism in Libya, violence in Burundi and withdrawing from the ICC
Burundi: Activists call for African Union to impose sanctions after its scraps deployment plan
Opposition described decision of AU as 'a total deception' and warned of potential violence
Burundi: Use political dialogue to end crisis not peacekeepers says African Union
African Union drops plan to send 5,000 troops to stop Burundi from spiralling into anarchy.
DRC: Who is Vital Kamerhe, Congo's opposition heavyweight?
IBTimes UK looks at Kamerhe, who made clear his intentions to run in 2016.
Burundi: Five questions to Amnesty International about possible mass graves in Bujumbura
Amnesty claims mass burial sites used to cover-up killings are 'surveilled' by men.
Burundi: AFP slams arrest of Le Monde journalists, recently freed
UPDATE: Jean-Philippe Rémy and Phil Moore were released by Burundian regime in Bujumbura
Burundi: arrested Le Monde journalists 'still detained' suggests sources
UPDATE: Human Rights Watch urges for liberation of Jean-Philippe Rémy and Philip Edward Moore
Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe's $800,000 birthday celebration sparks outrage
Opposition leaders claim the new public holiday would further cripple the economy.
Sudan: President Omar al-Bashir reopens borders with South Sudan
For the first time since secession in 2011, Bashir has ordered the opening of his country's border
Burundi: 'There is no genocide under way', claims award-winning journalist Roland Rugero
'Manipulations and misrepresentations of reality have always fuelled conflict in Burundi' he said.
Burundi: President Nkurunziza envoy meets Zimbabwe's President Mugabe ahead of AU Summit
Envoy Ndayishimiye said there is no need to send troops to Burundi because peace prevailed.