A PROMINENT South African lawmaker fired his gun to fend off a violent attack by a gang on him and…
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M23 REBELS killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst…
RESCUERS have recovered 10 more bodies from a Beninese river which a bus plunged into at the weekend, bringing the…
MALI’s civilian ex-prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, dismissed in November after he criticised the junta, was charged Tuesday with embezzlement…
ACCORDING to Check Point Research’s July 2025 Global Threat Report, South Africa has entered the top four most frequently targeted…
THE main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23, has walked away from peace talks with the…
BURKINA Faso’s junta on Monday declared the top resident UN official “persona non grata” for a United Nations report which…
A PROMINENT Sudanese human rights group has accused the country’s army and security forces of torturing people to death and…
NIGERIA has joined seven other African nations in achieving a medical breakthrough with the approval of the first-ever malaria treatment…
AT least 35 migrants have died attempting the dangerous crossing of the Niger desert to Libya or Algeria on their…
FRANCE’s foreign ministry said Saturday that it was in talks with Mali over the arrest of a Frenchman accused of…
MALI’s military rulers say they have arrested a French national on suspicion of spying for his country in an attempt…
SOUTH Africa’s army chief has been criticised after he reportedly pledged military and political support to Iran during a recent…
CHOLERA has claimed at least 40 lives in Sudan’s Darfur region over the last week as the country weathers its…
A KENYAN court has brought an end to an 11-year legal battle over the mysterious death of British businessman Harry…
NIGER’s lawyers have announced a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday to protest against the military government’s dissolution of the…
CAPE Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, after deadly floods…
SOUTH Africa will offer a “generous” new trade deal to the United States on Tuesday to avoid 30-percent tariffs, government…
NEARLY 50 prisoners broke out from a jail in the southwest Democratic Republic of Congo in the night from Monday…
THE death of a one-month-old baby girl who was the victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia has…