THE civil war in Sudan has pushed a camp housing about 500,000 displaced people near the besieged Darfur city of…
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AT least 32 people have been killed and many more wounded in a suicide bombing and gun attack on a…
SUDAN’s ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ruled out negotiation with paramilitaries after he survived a drone attack on Wednesday in…
THE ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) Task Force has urged the Republic of Benin and Niger Republic to put aside…
A COURT in Guinea has sentenced former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against…
SIX children were killed after a train collided with a school bus in South Africa, injuring 19 other pupils, the…
SUDAN’s military leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has survived an assassination attempt, the army spokesman has told the BBC. Nabil…
A LEOPARD attacked two men at a South African air force base that borders the world-famous Kruger National Park. One…
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has accused the Rwandan army of jamming satellite navigation systems affecting civilian flights in the…
AN arrest warrant has been issued for Liberia’s former finance minister following allegations he was involved in a $500m (£389m)…
SOUTH Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once led,…
A COMMANDER in a Russian mercenary group has been killed in Mali following an attack by rebel fighters during a…
A MAINLY Tuareg separatist coalition has claimed a major victory over Mali’s army and its Russian allies following three days…
THE lawyer for Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has told the BBC as the country marks a year since the…
LOUIS van Schoor, a convicted mass murderer in South Africa known as the “Apartheid Killer”, has died. The 72-year-old had…
NINETY-FIVE Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an “illegal” military camp in South Africa, police…
A UGANDAN activist, one of dozens detained this week for participating in banned demonstrations, was sexually assaulted in custody, his…
A HEATWAVE in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni…
INTERNATIONAL rights campaigners called Thursday for the Ugandan government to free dozens of protesters who have been arrested and charged…
POLICE in South Africa have arrested five suspects, including three Mexicans, after uncovering a multi-million dollar crystal meth lab on…