DIPLOMATS said on Tuesday that at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage…
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A FRESH UN fact-finding team examining abuses in Sudan’s brutal civil war said Tuesday it was investigating reports of sexual…
MOHANAD el-Balal is one of many Sudanese civilians doing everything they can to ward off a devastating famine – and…
SOUTH Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma, has said his political party – uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) – will join the opposition…
AN ARMED group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for what it said was an…
TENS of thousands of Malawians have taken part in a funeral service at the national stadium to pay tribute to…
SOUTH Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday after his humbled ANC cobbled together an…
A KENYAN magistrate who was shot by a senior police officer earlier this week has died, according to the country’s…
NIGER Republic’s top court on Friday lifted the immunity of president Mohamed Bazoum, paving the way for a possible trial…
A BENIN Republic court has jailed three Nigeriens who were detained last week at a port, judicial sources said on…
THE party of Malawi’s vice-president Saulos Chilima, who was killed this week in a plane crash, on Thursday demanded an…
SENEGAL’s new government on Thursday unveiled measures to reduce the price of rice, oil, bread, and other basic items to…
SENEGAL’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said profits from the sale of oil and gas will be “well managed” as…
IRAN and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to…
MALAWIAN President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday there had been no survivors when a plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and…
SOUTH Africa’s newly elected parliament is to convene for the first time on Friday, authorities said, as political parties scramble…
DOCTORS at one of the last functioning hospitals in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher say they’ve been forced to…
A MILITARY aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing…
HUNDREDS of Ghanaians took to the streets of Accra on Saturday in a peaceful protest against power outages affecting businesses…
LENGHTY jail terms have been handed to 22 Chinese citizens – and a Cameroonian man – for cyber-related crimes in…