In June 2007, a previously undocumented monkey known locally as "Lesula" was found in the forests of the middle Lomami...

A little girl crouches in the sand at the refugee camp near M'bera, Mauritania where between 60,000 and 70,000 refugees...

Angola's democracy is about to turn another page as the nation votes under its new constitution. Women wait outside a...

Torrential rains have swept away crops, tools and homes in Niger, a landlocked country that was already in the throes...

Fishing licences have been cancelled in Senegal to curtail the destructive fishing practices of European countries.

A man digs in raised beds for crops planted close to the waters of Lake Tanganyika in Zambia.

A theatre play on homosexuality is being staged for the first time in Uganda - a country which has proposed...

Striking Lonmin miners gathered to discuss the deaths of some 34 of their colleagues two days previously. They were addressed...

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has died ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts and state of health. He reportedly...

As Niger's President, Mahamadou Issoufou, celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under high security at Niamey?s...