France: Police shoot armed man in Paris on first anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks
Update: Man, who shouted 'Allahu Akbar', wore 'fake' suicide vest
Burundi: Are rebels secretly infiltrating neighbouring DRC to prepare attacks?
Despite reports, Congolese rebels M23 deny infiltration of Burundian rebels in their ranks.
Burundi coup plotters trial: Public Ministry demands life imprisonment and £350,000 compension
Trial resumes for coup plotters whose attorneys claim they were 'mistreated' in jail.
CAR presidential elections: Former PM Touadera still ahead in preliminary results
Some 20 presidential candidates have urged authorities to stop counting votes amid allegations of fraud.
Burundi peace talks: What can Burundians expect from negotiations?
Government has rejected new date for talks in Tanzania despite sanction threats from African Union.
Burundi: Government denies reports of rape by policemen in 'dissenting' neighbourhoods
Minister of public security Gabriel Nizigama described reports as 'fake, inflammatory information'
Burundi: Activists launch #BurundiStopRape campaign amid increasing reports of offence
Rights campaigners tell IBTimes UK rape is being used as a 'weapon of war' in country
Burundi: Activists warn of a 'death squad' in Kenya after exiled politician is 'executed'
EXCLUSIVE: Campaigner tells IBTimes UK of 'death squad' allegedly operating in Great Lakes region
Burundi: Deployment of peacekeepers will be welcome but may not be enough
The African Union announced that it will send 5,000 troops to protect the strife-torn nation.
Burundi: African Union agrees to send 5,000 troops to strife-torn nation
The MAPROBU force will be sent to prevent war and protect the Burundian population.
Central African Republic: Militiamen use rape to punish women suspected of speaking to enemy
Every day there are 100 victims of sexual violence, including rape, in the African nation
Burundi: Civilians frustrated at inaction of international community despite UN resolution
UN body expected to approve new resolution to prevent a deterioration of the human rights situation.
Burundi: UN says nation's on verge of civil war after over 400 killings
Stark warning came from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
DRC: Is the Congolese army involved in the rising cases of kidnapping?
Over 170 Congolese and three foreign nationals were kidnapped in 35 separate incidents in east DRC in 2015.
DRC: Government needs to create special police to fight alarming rise of kidnappings
In 2015, over 175 people have been kidnapped - at times abused or raped - in eastern Congo.
Central African Republic: Who is rebel leader Noureddine Adam who declared his state autonomous?
Ex-Seleka Adam declared Kaga Bandoro an autonomous region amid planned polls.
Burundi: Coup leader Belgian lawyer Bernard Maingain faces own court case over failed coup
Burundian justice is allegedly prosecuting Belgian lawyer for 'complicity in the 13 May coup'.
Central African Republic: Muslim Seleka leader Noureddine Adam declares autonomous state
Announcement comes ahead of the national 27 December polls to elect a new president and parliament
Burundi mediation talks: Is Uganda's Yoweri Museveni the right man to broker peace?
Over 300 people have been killed in violence accompanying President Nkurunziza's controversial third term.
Burundi: Trial underway for 28 'coup plotters' as fears grow over security situation
28 people are accused of attempting to overthrow Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza on 13 May.
Burundi: 'Help us, the world needs to know that a genocide is under way' says opposition
Battle-lines had followed the political divide but many fear violence could reopen ethnic rifts.
Burundi: Children in refugee camps in Rwanda recruited as soldiers
Burundian refugees are brainwashed by rebel leaders within vicinity of refugee camps.
When will we know if the Front National won the France elections?
French voters will be casting their votes for regional leaders on 13 December, just a week after the anti-immigration far-right Front National (FN) made record gains in the first election round, winning more than 30% of the vote in an unusually tense security climate.
Child marriage in Africa: 'We have a crisis on our hands'
IBTimes UK speaks to rights group urging African leaders for 'genuine commitment'.
Rwanda genocide: DRC arrests Ladislas Ntaganzwa accused of killing 20,000 Tutsi civilians
Ntaganzwa is accused of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands and has a $5m (£3.2m) bounty on his head.
Burundi: Bujumbura lockdown amid fear of war erupting after deadly attacks on army barracks
Government blames opposition for coordinated assaults on army barracks that left dozens dead.
DRC: Who are the political prisoners currently 'unlawfully' detained in Kinshasa?
IBTimes UK reveals the names of people detained for speaking against DRC's government.
DRC: Political opponents to President Kabila threatened - 'We will make you disappear'
DRC government asked to take 'urgent action' over political repression ahead of 2016 elections
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named runner-up for Time magazine's Person of the Year 2015
Baghdadi chosen as he 'inspired followers to both fight in his caliphate and stage attacks'.
Burundi: Witnesses say police shot prisoners at point-blank range in Cibitoke district
Massacre witnesses tell IBTimes UK that police shot prisoners after grenade attacks.
