Children among 22 killed in attack on Cameroon village

Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram raid a village in northern Cameroon, police say, killing 10 people.

More than 20 people, including women and children, are killed, most of them hacked to death in eastern DR Congo, UN peacekeepers say.

At least 19 people are killed and many others injured in a suicide bombing in Cameroon's northern town of Maroua - the second such attack this week.

Suspected Boko Haram fighters are accused of killing 17 people in attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a day after twin bombings kill scores in the city of Jos.

Cameroon releases 84 children detained after a raid on Koranic schools accused of links to Boko Haram over six months ago.

Saidi Nasib grew up without knowing her father. His mother told him the man he was yearning to meet had disowned him before he was born.

Cool Blue Director Fauzia Malik handed over a water dispenser and cartons of water to Deogratius Mosha, the Project Manager of Kibaha Children’s Village Center. The ceremony was held at Cool Blue offices in Mikocheni Industrial area on Saturday 29th March, 2014. Cool Blue have pledged to donate clean water to children homes in Dar Es Salaam as part of their corporate social responsibility. Kibaha Children’s Village...

Man killed by elephants in northern Tanzania's village
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A herd of elephants wreaked havoc in northern Tanzania's district of Longido, killing one person and injuring several others, an official said on Wednesday. James Ole Millya, Longido District Commissioner, told Xinhua ...

>A 56 year-old woman and her son were burnt to death inside their house by villagers on suspicion of witchcraft at Mwitikira Village in Bahi District, Dodoma Region.