A female suicide bomber injured 20 people on a busy street in the centre of the Tunisian capital on Monday, authorities said, after a three-year break in attacks in the city. It's a tragedy, said Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, during a visit to the German capital Berlin. We thought we had eradicated terrorism ...(but it) is still in ...

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up Monday near police vehicles in the centre of the Tunisian capital, injuring nine people, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Sofiene Zaag told AFP that all but one of the casualties were police, after a strong explosion Monday rattled the main Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis. Ambulances arrive ...

A dead city strike call by the opposition in Guinea largely emptied the streets of the capital Conakry on Monday, with no solution in sight to a pay dispute in the education sector. Streets were deserted in some parts of the West African city, while traffic was jammed in other areas where all drivers were being diverted, an AFP correspondent s ...

Activists in Equatorial Guinea alleged Monday that plainclothes security forces snatched and beat up the head of their human rights and development organisation at the weekend. Alfredo Okenve was sequestered... (and) mistreated by security forces wearing civilian clothes , the Centre for Studies and Initiatives for the Development of Equatorial ...

Security fears and a lack of jobs in African nations have hampered gains in governance across the diverse continent over the last decade, a study said Monday, warning that some promising nations had lost momentum . The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which is watched closely by the continent's governments, also pointed to a deterior ...