RAZANOSAA Edmondine still looks shell-shocked as she recalls the death of her one-month-old grandson, killed by police tear gas in…
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A SOUTH African farm worker has described to a court how he was forced by his boss to feed the…
SECURITY forces in Madagascar have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the latest youth-led protest following two weeks…
ETHIOPIA has accused Eritrea of preparing to wage war against it in collusion with an opposition grouping, in the latest…
BURKINA Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of “spying and…
CAMEROON’s President Paul Biya on Monday made his first major appearance of the election campaign in his run for an…
THE mother of missing former Tanzanian diplomat Humphrey Polepole has made an emotional appeal for police to help bring him…
A SUDANESE militia leader has been found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region…
MADAGASCAR’s President Andry Rajoelina has appointed Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister, as anti-government protests once again eruped in the…
SEVEN al-Shabab militants who attacked a high-security prison in Somalia’s capital have all been killed, the country’s government has said.…
THE son of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has appeared in a Harare court charged with drug possession. Robert Mugabe…
MOROCCO is currently building what will be the globe’s largest football stadium in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup.…
SOUTH Africa’s highest court has unanimously ruled that all parents of new-borns are entitled to equal parental leave, a landmark…
MADAGASCAN President Andry Rajoelina condemned on Friday what he said was an attempt to topple his government, as fresh protests…
CHAD’s parliament on Friday overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment scrapping presidential term limits, in a move condemned by opponents of…
CENTRAL African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera on Thursday officially submitted his candidacy for elections later this year that he is…
TWO people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to “storm” a police station in…
SOUTH African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and firing it in…
AT least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in…
SOUTH Africa’s ambassador to France, formerly a long-serving cabinet minister, was found dead on Tuesday outside a Paris hotel after…