The husband of a woman on death row in Sudan for abandoning the Islamic faith tells the BBC he has been told nothing about her possible release.

At least 14 people are reported killed in an explosion targeting people watching football in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Mubi.

Plusieurs personnes ont été tuées samedi lors de plusieurs attaques de membres présumés du groupe islamiste armé Boko Haram contre quatre villages du nord-est du Nigeria, dans l'Etat de Borno, ont affirmé des témoins dimanche.

Une bombe a explosé à proximité des supporteurs en train de regarder un match de football à Mubi.

Don Giampaolo Marta e don Gianantonio Allegri sequestrati con la suora canadese Gilberte Bussier: sono stati rilasciati al confine con la Nigeria

Il ministero degli Esteri sudanese lo ha rivelato alla Bbc. La 27enne era stata condannata a morte per aver sposato un uomo cristiano e aver «ripudiato» l?Islam

[Shabelle]After a massive meeting between Somali legislators in the capital city Mogadishu, several of them have called on the international community to stay out of Somalia's internal affairs....

1 June 2014 Last updated at 17:14 BST The husband of a woman sentenced to death in Sudan for abandoning Islam, has said reports of her release are just rumours. Meriam Ibrahim, 27, refused to renounce her Christian faith and faces hanging for apostasy. The sentence sparked international outrage, and a Sudanese official was...

Maybe it's true that the problems of Nigerian girls can be solved only by large armies, billions of dollars and drones. But that's a pretty easy, frictionless way to think, and what's encouraging about Ki-Ke Rafiu, Georgetown's Nigerian-born women's basketball player, is that she chooses the friction of trying to do something herself. As Rafiu sees things, it's amazing what a ball, a concrete floor and some rubber soles can do. She can find two of those three basic elements back home in Kaduna, Nigeria, but the soles are hard to come by, and that's where Rafiu sees her chance. Rafiu was 14 when she found her own chance on a concrete court behind a police station in Kaduna, a northwestern...

Consultations have opened to reform Algeria's disputed constitution, which President Abdelaziz Bouteflika amended to win a third term in office in 2008 and a fourth in April....

A number of people are feared dead in a bomb explosion in the town of Mubi in...

A bomb blast targeting a television viewing centre for football in northeast Nigeria has killed an unknown number of people on Sunday, a security source and resident said....

A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria's restive northeast has killed at least 40 people, a police officer says....

A bomb blast targeting a football match in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 40 people on Sunday, police sources said. The attack took place in the town of Mubi, which has seen previous attacks by Boko Haram Islamists....

(Source: Confédération Africaine de Football) A first half goal by midfielder Mabuti Potloane and an own-goal by Oliseh Sekou helped Lesotho beat Liberia 2-0 in the second leg first round clash of the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015 qualifier on Sunday in Maseru. The win sees the Southern African country advancing to the second round of the...

Dopo la dichiarazione del sottosegretario degli Esteri "libera tra pochi giorni", arriva la precisazione del ministro degli Esteri: "La scarcerazione dipende dall'esito del ricorso presentato in Corte d'appello"

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The series of Boko Haram terror attacks in Nigeria has put a new strain on Africa's most effective regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Society

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Tunisia and Morocco have signed 23 cooperation agreements on the occasion of the three-day official visit to Tunisia by King Mohamed VI of Morocco, which began on Friday.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Governance in Libya appears to be in limbo as former Libyan Prime Minister, Abdallah al-Theni, on Saturday reaffirmed his refusal to hand over power to Ahmed Maitigue, who was elected by the National General Congress (NGC, Parliament).
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Al-Hilal, a Libyan football club, has signed on Ghanaian player, Madeama Théophils, for two years, sources close to the club management said on Sunday.
Sports

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN has expressed concern that the marked increase in humanitarian needs in Sudan is not being met with a sufficient level of humanitarian aid, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of affected people throughout Sudan.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Telecommunication Corporation (STC) has withdrawn service from hundreds of thousands of subscribers, who failed, after months of warning, to register their SIM cards, known as Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
Economy

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? As activities marking this year?s World Communications Day is being rounded off, a Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Femi Adetunji, wants Nigerians to demonstrate love and live peacefully with one another in order to have a better society.
Society

LONU et la France ont été critiqués au Mali après l?attaque la semaine dernière de Kidal par l?armée malienne, laquelle a été sèchement repoussée par le MNLA (Mouvement National de Libération de lAzawad), le HCUA (Haut Conseil pour lunité de lAzawad) et le MAA (Mouvement arabe de lAzawad). Les violences ont alors reprises dans le [&]

Le roi du Maroc Mohamed VI a affirmé samedi, à lAssemblée nationale constituante tunisienne (ANC), la nécessité dédifier un Maghreb « fort », alors que son pays est en désaccord avec lAlgérie sur la question du Sahara occidental. « L?union du Maghreb arabe (UMA) nest plus un choix facultatif ou un luxe politique, cest une revendication populaire pressante [&]

Alors qu?en juillet 2013, nous vous avions fait part de la signature d?une convention de 4 ans entre la société Corvus Resources Management ? société de droit des Iles Caïmans ? et l?Etat malien, en vue notamment d?effectuer des travaux de recherche et un forage sur le bloc 6 du bassin de Taoudéni, trouvant quelque [&]

Deux avocats des journalistes dAl-Jazeera jugés en Egypte ont accusé dimanche le Parquet davoir fabriqué un dossier à charge contre les reporters de lantenne anglophone de la chaîne du Qatar détenus depuis quatre mois pour soutien aux islamistes. Au total dans ce procès qui a déclenché un tollé international, neuf détenus sont jugés, ainsi que [&]

Les forces du général dissident Khalifa Haftar ont mené dimanche de nouveaux raids aériens contre les groupes islamistes radicaux dans la ville de Benghazi, est de la Libye, sattirant les foudres dAl-Qaïda qui a appelé à combattre cet « ennemi de lislam ». Selon Sagr Al-Jerouchi, « chef des opérations des forces aériennes » loyales au général Haftar, ces [&]

APA-Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) - La route Dédougou?Nouna?Djibasso-Frontière du Mali construite grâce à un investissement d?environ 36 milliards de francs CFA, a été inaugurée officiellement, appris APA dimanche auprès du ministère burkinabé en charge des Infrastructures. Longue de 143,7 km, la route a été financée par le Millennium Challenge Account Burkina Faso, au titre du Projet Désenclavement. [&]