SOUTH Africa’s scandal-hit ex-president Jacob Zuma has made a surprise comeback by running in May’s elections against his former party,…
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THE European Union (EU) says it will restrict visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals because of the lack of cooperation from…
BURKINA Faso has rejected “baseless accusations” that soldiers massacred 223 people in attacks in February. A Human Rights Watch report…
SOUTH Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki has vowed to remove “rotten apples” and “thieves” from the governing African National Congress…
ELECTRICITY supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the…
A DAUGHTER of deposed Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum on Friday accused his predecessor of being the “mastermind” behind the military…
THE United States will withdraw some troops from Chad, the Pentagon has said, days after Washington agreed to move forces…
BURKINA Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report…
AT least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the…
THREE more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targetting millions of children in a continent that accounts…
A RESIDENTIAL building that was under construction in Ethiopia’s capital city has collapsed, killing seven people sleeping in a house…
THE Tanzanian government has denied allegations that villagers have been subjected to abuses, including forced evictions, as part of a…
THE UN called Tuesday on Britain to reconsider plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning it threatened the rule…
MORE than 50,000 people have been displaced by clashes in a disputed area in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said,…
AN EGYPTIAN statue aged more than 3,000 years old has arrived back home, over three decades since it was stolen…
THERE are reports from Mali that at least 100 civilians are being held by suspected insurgents after being kidnapped last…
THE United Nations Support Mission in Libya called Sunday for an investigation into a political activist’s death while detained at…
HUNDREDS protested on Sunday against the US troop presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within…
AT least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded river boat capsized in the Central African Republic’s…
TOGO’s parliament has given final approval to a new constitution extending the president’s term, after critics denounced the move as…