The Sea Shepherd ship the Bob Barker had been following the suspected poaching boat for 110 prior to the rescue

Some 3,000 French forces are taking part in the mission to stabilize Mali, which was overrun by al-Qaeda-linked Islamic extremists

Meanwhile, public launch #147NotJustANumber social media campaign to remember 147 killed in brutal attack by Islamist militants

Security forces in Burkina Faso searched the desert close to the borders with northern Mali and Niger today for a Romanian security officer kidnapped at a manganese mine where he worked.

Eric Isaiah Adusah with his wife Charmain, who was found dead in the couple’s hotel room

The official was helping police to trace his son at the time the attack on the university occurred

Militants had singled out Christians for point blank executions during Thursday’s massacre

Survivors emerge from the campus as the nation mourns its young dead

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on a university campus

Student said she drank from a bottle of lotion to stave off hunger and thirst

At least 148 people were killed by militants at Garissa University College

The massacre by al-Shabaab that left 147 dead at Garissa University seems to have caught the government unawares - despite warnings

In an exclusive interview, former ANC firebrand Julius Malema tells Lawrie Holmes of his radical blueprint for a nation

The footage shows students hiding cowering behind buildings as explosions and gunfire echo around them

He is believed to have an extensive terror network within Kenya, particularly at the Dadaab refugee camp