CAMEROON’s influential Catholic Church has called for calm, as fears grow that violence could erupt once official results from the…
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FORMER Kenyan prime minister and revered long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga was buried in the west of the country after…
A FRENCH uranium mining company accused of partial responsibility for jihadists abducting some of its employees in the Niger Republic…
ZIMBABWE’s governing ZANU-PF has said it will begin a process to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years, potentially…
LIBERIA’s Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country’s schools. Speaking to…
A JUDGE on Friday ordered the release on bail of Hannibal Kadhafi, son of deposed Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi, after…
COLONEL Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar days after a military takeover on the…
AT least two people have been killed after police in Kenya fired shots to disperse crowds of mourners gathered to…
FORMER Congolese President Joseph Kabila has announced a movement to “save” his country, after a meeting with other opposition leaders…
THE African Union told AFP Wednesday it was suspending Madagascar “with immediate effect” after a coup saw an elite army…
KENYAN President William Ruto announced seven days of national mourning and a state funeral for opposition leader Raila Odinga, who…
A MADAGASCAR army colonel says the military has taken charge of the African island nation after its parliament voted to…
A KENYAN police officer stationed at one of the gates of the president’s official residence in the capital, Nairobi, has…
PRESIDENT Andry Rajoelina has fled Madagascar to protect his life amid nationwide protests, which began late last month. Rajoelina confirmed…
FORTY-TWO Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals have died after a bus taking them home overturned on a South African road, authorities…
A RENEGADE army unit siding with anti-government protesters in Madagascar has installed a new military chief as President Andry Rajoelina…
MALI has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up…
SOME groups of Madagascan soldiers have defied orders and joined thousands of antigovernment protesters assembled in the capital, Antananarivo, as…
DOZENS of people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city…
BURKINA Faso’s military government has refused to take in deportees from the US, as Washington suspended issuing visas in the…