THE main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23, has walked away from peace talks with the…
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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…
EasyJet has suspended one of its captains after he was reportedly seen roaming a luxury hotel drunk and naked. The…
MALI has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the west…
THE president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday sacked the West African country’s prime minister and appointed his successor, the latest move…
A COURT in Chad jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra for 20 years Saturday, convicting him of…
A BUS carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver…