A MILITARY court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for…
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MADAGASCAR’s president, Andry Rajoelina, has dissolved his government in response to mass demonstrations over power and water shortages that turned…
A MOROCCAN airline, Royal Air Maroc, has paid the sanction fee imposed on the carrier by the Nigerian Civil Aviation…
NAMIBIA says it is sending in helicopters and hundreds of soldiers to battle a fire that has ravaged a third…
JAPAN’s foreign aid agency said it is cancelling an exchange programme with African nations following protests and a political backlash.…
MORE than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job…
THE BBC understands the boss of a degrading sex-trade ring that exploited vulnerable women in Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods has…
NAMIBIA’s authorities have warned people not to hold parties at cemeteries after a social gathering at a gravesite in the…
SOME 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries. The operation,…
FORMER French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy…
THE French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $610m (£540m) off the coast of West Africa, French…
MALAWI’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the…
AT least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have…
UGANDA’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been confirmed to stand in the January 2026 elections, as he seeks to extend…
MALI, Burkina Faso and Niger, three nations in West Africa run by military governments after coups in recent years, have…
EGYPT’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned the prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been imprisoned for six…
BOTSWANA has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country’s victory in the men’s 4×400 metres at the World Athletics…
POLICE in Somalia have arrested four TikTokers for allegedly insulting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a dance video. In the…
MALAWI’s former president Peter Mutharika has taken an early lead in this week’s election, according to provisional results. In his…
SOUTH African police say they have dismantled a crystal methamphetamine laboratory, with drugs worth $20m (£15m), discovered on a farm…