“It’s fair to say the ICC focused too heavily on Africa in its early years,” he said. “But the answer isn’t to walk away. The Rome Statute is solid, Africa just needs to use its influence to make the system fairer.”

The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has been fighting the government since 2011, just before South Sudan gained independence.

About 20 people have been killed in protests that turned violent, latest victims were four boys shot this week.

Gambian migrants travel from Gambia to Europe across Atlantic to shore of Spain.

National conference is set to bring together government, academics and NGOs, as well as business and community leaders.

While Saturday's trial was about corruption and illegal possession of foreign funds, al-Bashir also faces additional charges.

An increase in violence in the Sahel is heavily impacting lives and the economy in Niger.

Sudan's transitional government and Darfur rebels agree to hand over ICC suspects.

Hundreds of thousands of voters due to cast ballots on Sunday amid hopes the poll will bring political stability.

President Jose Mario Vaz seeking re-election but stiff opposition from frontrunner Domingos Simoes Pereira.

South Africa is blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a dispute that could cost it billions of US dollars.

UN peacekeepers have shot dead two protesters after more than 1,000 people stormed a United Nations base in the town of Beni.

At least eight civilians killed after rebel attack, as UN offices targeted for 'failure to act' in eastern city of Beni.

Ten years after Guinea Bissau's parliament voted for a truth and reconciliation commission, the government is yet to probe hundreds of political assassinations.

President Jose Mario Vaz will be first democratically-elected president of Guinea-Bissau to have completed his mandate - but his mandate has been anything but stable.

More than 2,000 people, including 160 health workers, have died since the most recent Ebola outbreak last year.

On Tuesday, the long-awaited, next-generation Zimbabwean dollar finally hit the streets.

People in rural areas often have to travel for medical care in capital, where residents also struggle to get treatment.

The former president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has been facing various charges for about 10 years.

Deaths reported as severe floods could be worsened by another tropical storm that could affect about one million people in east Africa.

The government is introducing stiff penalties for those behind disasters causing a catastrophic loss of life.

Security sources say the death toll is expected as there is a large number of people still unaccounted for.

Activists fear effort to counter falling revenue from mining could erase gains made over last 10 years to regrow country’s forests.

Ugandan leader has won another term, but is accused of cracking down on his opponents and critics.