BURKINA Faso’s transitional government, led by President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday adopted a sweeping decree requiring large companies operating…
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CHADIAN authorities, in cooperation with international police partners, have arrested a group of suspected killers and thieves linked to a…
MORE than 6,000 people were killed in just three days when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city…
GHANAIANS have rushed to defend their colourful handwoven “fugu” smocks after President John Mahama’s wearing of the loose-fitting traditional garment…
KENYA’s border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant…
AT least 21 people have died after a passenger boat sank in River Nile state in northern Sudan, a medical…
A DRONE attack on a mosque in central Sudan has killed two children and injured 13 more, according to a…
AT least 31 people have died after a powerful cyclone struck Madagascar, says the disaster authority in the Indian Ocean…
ZIMBABWE’s cabinet backed draft legislation that would change the constitution to extend presidential terms from five years to seven, allowing…
ZAMBIA’s High Court has ordered the seizure of assets worth more than $1.3m (£923,000) from Dalitso Lungu, the son of…
FATAL drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan’s Kordofan, as the central region has emerged as the latest front line…
A RUBBER boat carrying 55 passengers, including two babies, has overturned off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency…
A BITTER war of words has escalated further after Ethiopia ordered neighbouring Eritrea to “immediately withdraw its troops” from Ethiopian…
A SOUTH African man named in a major police corruption probe has died after reportedly shooting himself at a petrol…
SOUTH Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has said he will not seek re-election as the party’s leader in…
THE impact of a flourish of the US president’s pen in Washington a year ago continues to be felt on…
EIGHTEEN Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco over “hooliganism” during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final have begun…
A 52-YEAR-OLD fisherman has died after being attacked by a crocodile while fleeing a herd of elephants in eastern Zambia,…
AN unknown number of aid workers are missing after air strikes hit a hospital in South Sudan, near the Ethiopian…
THE UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned people over travel to Cape Verde after dozens of Britons fell ill…