Violence delays Burundi poll

Land of ancient splendor

Malawi’s ancient treasures

Mourning starts as death toll soars

President John Mahama has declared a three-day mourning period to begin Monday after a deadly explosion at a gas station in Accra, Ghana's capital.

Amnesty: War crimes in Nigeria

Amnesty International says the Nigerian military has committed thousands of abuses against citizens in their battle against Boko Haram. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.

A female FIFA president — why not?

All eyes are on FIFA and who will replace the outgoing Sepp Blatter -- but could one of Africa's leading women be set to revolutionize world football in the coming…

Greste: Banned from Egypt, ordered to court

Woman killed by lion wanted to help animals

Lion attack: Safari visits gone bad

Bankers charged with $40M scam

Boko Haram suspected in suicide attack

At least 13 people were killed and 24 others injured in a suicide attack on an abattoir in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, hours after Boko Haram fighters allegedly…

Lion kills woman at South African park

A U.S. woman on a safari outside Johannesburg was attacked and killed by a lion.

Judges targeted by Egypt’s militants

A small van speeds down a highway in the most dangerous region of Egypt, Northern Sinai. Four judges are on their way to the courthouse for the day's proceedings, when…

Fuel tanker crash kills 69

Sixty-nine people have been killed and 35 people injured after a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus stop in Southeast Nigeria.

Wreck of 18th century slave ship found