A COURT in Tanzania’s capital has sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the gang rape and sodomy of a…
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AN instant porridge has been withdrawn from sale in South Africa after three young children died reportedly after eating it.…
SIX people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced. Sabin Nsanzimana said…
IT was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at…
SEVENTEEN people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way…
A ROW between a prominent journalist and a king has captivated many in Ghana. It began when Afia Pokua criticised…
A MINISTER in Senegal’s former government has been jailed on charges of extortion, embezzlement and money laundering during his previous…
ZIMBABWE’s central bank has devalued its gold-backed currency by over 40% against the US dollar, indicating that the last ditch…
SUDAN’s army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country’s civil war,…
SENEGAL’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday vowed investigations into what he termed “widespread corruption” under the previous administration, accusing…
MORE than 430 people have died from cholera in the past month, Sudan’s health ministry says, as civil war continues…
ESWATINI main opposition leader has been poisoned as part of an assassination attempt and is being treated in hospital, his…
BENIN prosecutors said Wednesday that the Republican Guard commander, a former sports minister and a businessman had been arrested on…
ZAMBIA’s President Hakainde Hichilema has suspended three top judges over alleged judicial misconduct, prompting accusations of political interference in the…
A LONG-DISTANCE bus has come under attack by gunmen in South Sudan on a main road south of the capital,…
AT least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say. The…
AN Egyptian ship has delivered a significant consignment of military equipment to Somalia, security officials in the capital, Mogadishu, are…
KENYA has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling…
A NUMBER of emerging economies across Africa have the potential to become digital asset hubs. Simultaneously, the cost of compliance…
THE Zimbabwean government has approved the slaughter of 200 elephants to feed hungry citizens. A spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks…