NEARLY a month since landmark national elections saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time,…
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MAURITANIA’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday —…
PROTESTERS took to the streets of Kenya again on Thursday, with some calling for President William Ruto’s resignation despite his…
SOUTH Africa’s main coalition partners are at loggerheads just weeks after agreeing to share power, as President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses…
KENYA’s President William Ruto has said he will not sign a finance bill that led protesters to storm Parliament in…
THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu…
SEVERAL people have been killed after police fired live rounds at protesters trying to storm Kenya’s legislature, where lawmakers voted…
A FORMER judge in South Africa, who was impeached for misconduct four months ago, has been sworn in as an…
THE head of the United Nations children’s agency, Unicef, says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world…
FAMOUS Malian singer Rokia Traoré has been arrested at the main international airport in Italy’s capital Rome over a conviction…
KENYA’s President William Ruto said he was ready for “a conversation” with thousands of young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations…
A US tourist from New Mexico was killed by an elephant, after it attacked her vehicle while parked during a…
A 21-YEAR-OLD protester died after being hit by a tear gas canister during protests in Kenya this week, a human…
MAURITANIAN President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani called on West African countries to come together to confront jihadism, in an…
TOP comedian-turned-politician Micheal Usi has been sworn as Malawi’s vice-president at a ceremony held in parliament in the capital, Lilongwe.…
ANTI-TAX protesters in Kenya are in shock after a 29-year-old man was killed during nationwide demonstrations against a new finance…
NIGER Republic has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium…
AN attack that reportedly killed over 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about…
THE President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo told AFP Wednesday that he ordered the partial closure of its border with…
KENYA’s government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year’s controversial finance bill, including a 16% levy on bread, after…