An Islamist attack on the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has ended, leaving 25 people dead. The attack began with a car bomb on Saturday (October 28) and ended on Sunday after a 12-hour siege.

Kenyan police descend on the Nairobi slum of Kawangware where opposition supporters went on the rampage after shops and businesses were torched and homes looted.

There was devastation in Mogadishu on Saturday as two car bombs exploded in the Somalian capital, just two weeks after twin bombs killed more than 300 people.

Kenyans who boycotted a repeat presidential election voiced relief on Saturday after authorities indefinitely delayed further attempts to hold the vote in some opposition areas due to the risk of violence. But while the election board's decision stemmed the prospect of more clashes, it also pushed to the fore a new question: can President Uhuru Kenyatta be declared winner of a vote in which ballots were not cast in more than 20 of Kenya's 290 constituencies?

Kenyan police fired teargas in a Nairobi slum during clashes with opposition supporters on the day of an election re-run.

Kenyan police clash with opposition supporters who have boycotted an election re-run widely expected to be won by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The Kenyan president was greeted by supporters in Gatandu as he cast his vote in Thursday's repeat presidential election.

Kenyan police fire tear gas at opposition supporters in Kisumu.

Kenya faces a presidential election amid deep political divisions among rival leaders, doubts over the vote’s credibility and a last-ditch legal bid to delay it.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley discussed U.S. foreign policy as she arrived in Ethiopia as part of a tour of the region.

Libération is looking at the ongoing chaos in the Central African Republic, nearly a year after French troops pulled out.

The top U.S. general said on Monday he had no information that Army special operation forces involved in a deadly attack in Niger earlier this month had taken too many risks.