THE head of Ethiopia’s electoral board, Birtukan Mideksa, has announced her resignation. In a Facebook post on Monday, Ms Birtukan…
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MALI’s military-led government on Thursday seized the diplomatic passport of influential and outspoken Muslim cleric Mahmoud Dicko, who is a…
ZAMBIA’s President Hakainde Hichilema can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the outlines of a deal aimed at lifting…
ZIMBABWE’s electoral body has cleared 11 people to contest in presidential elections in August, after many politicians complained of exorbitant…
SIERRA Leoneans are awaiting general election results following a tense campaign marred by violence. There was a high turnout, with…
THE Sudanese army’s infantry battalions have hardly been present on the streets of Khartoum during the two months-long conflict that…
SIERRA Leoneans are voting in a general election following a tense campaign marred by violence. On Wednesday, the main opposition…
PEOPLE are rushing to markets in Sierra Leone’s capital to stock up on food ahead of elections on Saturday, residents…
ABOUT two dozen students in northern Mozambique fainted en masse during classes. Pemba Secondary School, in province of Cabo Delgado,…
SOUTH African police are investigating the death of Tina Joemat-Pettersson, an MP for the governing African National Congress (ANC) who…
A PROMINENT Tunisian journalist has been arrested on charges of insulting President Kais Said. A judge ordered the detention of…
LAWYERS representing Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema, who had been on the run for 22 years before his arrest last…
AS the number of migrants trying to reach Europe grows so does the number of deaths in the Mediterranean. While…
THE Ugandan authorities say they have arrested three people in connection with an attack on a school on Friday in…
BRITISH actor Idris Elba, who also has Sierra Leonean citizenship and heritage, has called for a peaceful general election in…
THE latest temporary ceasefire between Sudan’s rival military factions appears to have brought a lull in the fighting, following battles…
THE peace of a normally tranquil suburban road near South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, is being shattered by the sound of…
SUSPECTED militants have killed about a dozen villagers and wounded several more in western Burkina Faso, security and local sources…
THIRTY-TWO people – EIGHT children – have been killed in an air strike in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, officials say. Twenty-five…
AT least 25 people have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State…