ONE KILLED, 20 HURT AFTER TRAIN DERAILS NEAR BRUSSELS

The accident occurred early in the afternoon as the train left Leuven station at slow speed in the direction of Brussels Airport and the city itself... READ MORE›

WHY DEMOCRACY PREVAILED IN GAMBIA

The African Union announced that it would no longer recognize Mr. Jammeh as president as of Inauguration Day... READ MORE›

BRITS BRINGING TRUMPS APPLE JUICE COOKIES A DRINKINGCUP

There's also the issue of that expletive wall, as former Mexican president Vicente Fox put it... READ MORE›

LAST CHANCE FOR FORMER GAMBIAN PRESIDENT TO LEAVE ON HIS OWN

The West African regional force including tanks moved into Gambia Thursday evening and has met no resistance, said de Souza... READ MORE›

WEST AFRICAN LEADERS AIM TO PERSUADE LONGTIME GAMBIAN RULER TO STEP DOWN; REGIONAL FORCE PAUSES INTERVENTION

During his inauguration speech Barrow appealed to ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations for support for his government and Gambia's people... READ MORE›

TURKEY'S PARLIAMENT SET TO APPROVE SWEEPING NEW POWERS FOR PRESIDENT

MPs pass elements of controversial bill that grants broad powers to country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan... READ MORE›

GAMBIA CRISIS INTENSIFIES BEFORE THURSDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... READ MORE›

GHANA'S PRESIDENT PLAGIARIZED CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH WORD FOR WORD IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH

And Saturday, Ghanaians gathered in Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to witness another the inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the country's fifth elected president... READ MORE›

NANA AKUFO-ADDO SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT

Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana's new president on Saturday, in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders... READ MORE›

NANA AKUFO-ADDO TO BE SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT

Ghana's new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be sworn in on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month... READ MORE›

ANGER IN ROMANIA AS PRESIDENT BLOCKS FEMALE MUSLIM AS PM NOMINEE

Romania was tipped to have its first female and first Muslim prime minister, until the country's president on Tuesday rejected the Social Democrat Party's nomination... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the on... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work... READ MORE›

AFRICAN LEADERS HEAD TO THE GAMBIA FOR MEDIATION TALKS

West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›

THE GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT URGED TO ACCEPT DEFEAT BY NEW GOVERNMENT

The gambia life goes on in banjul as yahya jammeh clings to power... READ MORE›

NO 'BIG' VACATIONS, NO SALARY AS PRESIDENT

As for the president's 400,000-a-year pay, the New York businessman said No, I'm not going to take the salary... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT TO LEARN THE NATION'S 'DEEP SECRETS'

For particularly sensitive operations, the president has to see only that the Gang of Eight is informed... READ MORE›

WORLD'S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE APPROVED AFTER 30 YEARS OF TRIALS

Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GSK, said Today's scientific opinion represents a further important step towards making available for young children the world's first malaria vaccine... READ MORE›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... READ MORE›

BAND AID 30: CLUMSY, PATRONISING AND WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure launch Band Aid 30 to help fight Ebola in west Africa... READ MORE›

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES

Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›

CZECH PRESIDENT SHOCKS NATIONS IN EXPLETIVE-FILLED INTERVIEW

In its defence, Czech Radio has argued as the interview was live it could not be held responsible for the president's language... READ MORE›

TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA

Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESIDENT TIM WOLFE'S VERY TELLING RESIGNATION SPEECH

I did hear his reference to the Psalm and thought he was talking about the university's pain and its struggle... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL

Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE IS FREE OF EBOLA, 18 MONTHS AND 11,000 DEATHS AFTER OUTBREAK

NAIROBI -- About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

AFRICA SETS UP $28.5M CRISIS FUND

Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK: 18 NATIONALITIES AMONG DEAD

Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said two of the attackers had been identified as women... READ MORE›

AFRICA LEADERS IN BURKINA FOR TALKS

Under Burkina Faso's constitution, the head of the National Assembly should take office if the president resigns... READ MORE›

TELEGRAPH INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA

How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

VOICES FROM BURUNDI SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

Ms. Nivyabandi also fled Burundi in 1993, when civil war erupted after soldiers from the country's Tutsi minority assassinated the first president elected from the Hutu majority... READ MORE›

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO

Refused entry Guinea has not been as badly hit by Ebola as neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia... READ MORE›

GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE›

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START

Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›

BURUNDI HOLDS ELECTIONS AFTER NIGHT OF GUNFIRE

At a half-dozen polling stations, only a trickle of people were seen voting, pressing an ink-stained thumb on a ballot... READ MORE›

DR CONGO TO EXPEL AFRICAN ACTIVISTS

DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday... READ MORE›

MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP

While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›

MILITARY UNITS IN BURKINA FASO STAND READY TO QUELL COUP

Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, was a French colony until 1960... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›