The International Criminal Court announced a trial for Charles Blé Goudé, ally of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, and demanded that Ivory Coast turn over Gbagbo's wife, Simone Gbagbo.
The International Criminal Court suspended its Darfur investigation, citing UN inaction in the case, as President Omar al-Bashir accused rebel leaders of being foreign "agents."
A series of massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is widely blamed on an Islamist insurgent group, the Alliance of Democratic Forces-NALU.
At least seven women were killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Shabab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of the wives of jihadists.
The International Criminal Court dropped charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, citing Nairobi's failure to cooperate in providing evidence.
Rights groups in Nigeria brought an action against President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an investigation into war crimes.
The International Criminal Court upheld the conviction and 14-year prison sentence of former Democratic Republic of Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
More than 400,000 in northeastern Nigeria have been forced to flee their homes due to Boko Haram violence in recent weeks, and are in "urgent need" of assistance.
In a bid to win popular support, the interim regime in Burkina Faso has pledged a new investigation to verify the burial place of slain revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
In Nigeria's northwest, traditional hunters in rural areas, armed only with bows and arrows, are organizing patrols to protect their villages against Boko Haram.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution renewing its international call for all able states to provide military forces to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
A Nigerian federal court ruled in favor of the Bring Back Our Girls group, saying that the police had no right to block protests by families of the abducted girls.
