KENYA’s police on Thursday denied involvement in the latest spate of abductions targeting government critics. Kenyan security forces have been…
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MORE than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed…
WAR-HIT Sudan is sliding into a “widening famine crisis” that has been marked by worsening starvation and a surge in…
MOROCCO proposed on Tuesday reforms to its family law, addressing issues such as limits on underage marriage and women’s inheritance…
MOZAMBIQUE’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting…
MOZAMBIQUE’s highest court confirmed Monday the ruling party’s victory in a disputed October vote after allegations of rigging triggered weeks…
THE wife of detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has denounced as “cruel and inhumane” a ban on prisoners receiving…
CYCLONE Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local…
KENYAN business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals…
KENYA’s President William Ruto has incorporated even more opposition figures to his cabinet in a move seen as trying to…
TWO men have been arrested in Zambia accused of being “witchdoctors” who had been tasked with trying to bewitch the…
PRESIDENT Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the army chief as part of a reshuffle within the armed forces who are battling…
FRANCE began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, the country’s defence ministry said, after N’Djamena last month abruptly ended military…
MALARIA has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western…
MALAWI’s government is demanding the astonishing sum of $309bn (£245bn) in unpaid taxes and royalties from a US-based gemstone company…
A LARGE blaze ravaged parts of Liberia’s parliament building on Wednesday, a day after tense protests erupted following months of…
MAURITIUS says it has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country’s…
DR CONGO on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using…
NAMIBIA’s state-owned telecoms company has fallen victim to what is known as a ransomware attack resulting in the leak of…
THE Senegalese government said Saturday it will investigate dozens of deaths resulting from political violence between 2021 and 2024, despite…