A COURT in Rwanda has slapped a beauty queen with a three-month suspended sentence for drink-driving and driving without a…
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A COURT in Kenyan has sentenced two men to 35 years each for the murder of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat…
ZIMBABWE’s government has banned “with immediate effect” police officers from using mobile phones while working. The ban is contained in…
RWANDA said Monday it will no longer register petrol-driven motorbike taxis from the new year as it seeks to transition…
SUDAN’s army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at war with paramilitaries, has announced a cabinet reshuffle that replaces four ministers including…
A LIGHTNING strike at a refugee camp in Uganda has killed 13 children and one adult, police say. They say…
POLICE in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this…
GUINEA’s junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya has elevated himself to the rank of army general as the coup-hit West African country…
KENYA’s High Court has lifted an order blocking the swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as deputy president following the impeachment of…
BOTSWANA’s new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of power following elections that saw a historic defeat handed…
THE Indian Ocean island of Mauritius blocked access to social media on Friday, just days ahead of a general election,…
BOTSWANA’s governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show. President…
CHADIAN President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is “personally” leading an army counter-offensive against Boko Haram after a deadly attack by…
SEVERAL women have taken their lives in Sudan’s central Gezira state after being raped by paramilitary fighters in the brutal…
NIGER Republic’s ruling military junta has struck a deal with US billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink to expand…
CHAD on Tuesday urged the international community to step up support for counter-terrorism efforts in the Sahel, after Boko Haram…
FRANCE’s President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco’s parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan sovereignty, and has…
A LEADING member of Malawi’s opposition has been charged with plotting to kill the country’s President, Lazarus Chakwera. Patricia Kaliati,…
AN attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram killed around 40 Chadian troops overnight near the Nigerian border, prompting an…
A SENIOR UN official in Sudan says she is deeply troubled by reports of “atrocious crimes” in the central Gezira…