FORMER Congolese President Joseph Kabila has announced a movement to “save” his country, after a meeting with other opposition leaders…
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THE African Union told AFP Wednesday it was suspending Madagascar “with immediate effect” after a coup saw an elite army…
KENYAN President William Ruto announced seven days of national mourning and a state funeral for opposition leader Raila Odinga, who…
A MADAGASCAR army colonel says the military has taken charge of the African island nation after its parliament voted to…
A KENYAN police officer stationed at one of the gates of the president’s official residence in the capital, Nairobi, has…
PRESIDENT Andry Rajoelina has fled Madagascar to protect his life amid nationwide protests, which began late last month. Rajoelina confirmed…
FORTY-TWO Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals have died after a bus taking them home overturned on a South African road, authorities…
A RENEGADE army unit siding with anti-government protesters in Madagascar has installed a new military chief as President Andry Rajoelina…
MALI has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up…
SOME groups of Madagascan soldiers have defied orders and joined thousands of antigovernment protesters assembled in the capital, Antananarivo, as…
DOZENS of people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city…
BURKINA Faso’s military government has refused to take in deportees from the US, as Washington suspended issuing visas in the…
RAZANOSAA Edmondine still looks shell-shocked as she recalls the death of her one-month-old grandson, killed by police tear gas in…
A SOUTH African farm worker has described to a court how he was forced by his boss to feed the…
SECURITY forces in Madagascar have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the latest youth-led protest following two weeks…
ETHIOPIA has accused Eritrea of preparing to wage war against it in collusion with an opposition grouping, in the latest…
BURKINA Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of “spying and…
CAMEROON’s President Paul Biya on Monday made his first major appearance of the election campaign in his run for an…
THE mother of missing former Tanzanian diplomat Humphrey Polepole has made an emotional appeal for police to help bring him…
A SUDANESE militia leader has been found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region…