Egypt on Monday took delivery of three Rafale fighter jets from France, the first of 24 warplanes sold in a $5.6bn deal earlier this year. Egyptian authorities took charge of the planes at an air base in southern France, and they will be flown to Cairo by specially trained pilots …

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack on northern Cameroon, easily overwhelming the few soldiers posted at the targeted village, residents said on Monday.

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was forcibly brought to a court in Senegal on Tuesday, where judges adjourned his trial until September 7 to let appointed lawyers prepare his defence. Prison guards brought Habre, dressed in a white robe and turban, into the special court in the capital Dakar, an …