THE Kenyan Senate voted on Thursday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house…
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NIGER’s military leaders have renamed streets and monuments bearing French names, in the latest move to cut links with the…
KENYA’s parliament has begun the final step to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office just two years after he…
MILLIONS of people across Southern Africa are going hungry due to a historic drought, risking a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the…
UKRAINE has denied allegations that it had supplied drones to rebels fighting against the Malian army and Russia-backed mercenaries. It…
STRIKING images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid,…
THE Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan’s civil war who had…
ONE by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a hodge-podge of solar panels and other gizmos –…
THE Sudanese military has carried out an air strike on a marketplace in the capital Khartoum, killing at least 23…
THE first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at…
KENYA has appealed for urgent financial support from the international community to sustain a police deployment in Haiti, which has…
US official advice against non-essential travel to Rwanda in light of the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is “not…
THE Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, following rumours of his death.…
SOUTH African prosecutors say they will not pursue criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa in relation to the controversial farm…
AWAY from the bustling corridors of Bahri Hospital, the only functioning hospital left in Sudan’s city of Khartoum North, Alsuna…
THE leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea – countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia – have been meeting…
A RWANDAN YouTuber has been sentenced to seven years in prison for breaching the country’s laws on genocide denial. Rashid…
MOZAMBICANS are voting in a general election, with the ruling Frelimo party that has been in power for half a…
KENYAN Lawmakers have voted overwhelming in favour of removing the country’s deputy president over accusations of corruption. Lawmakers also accuse…
THE UK has offered dozens of stranded African migrants, held for years in a camp on a secretive UK-US military…