KENYA’s President William Ruto said he was ready for “a conversation” with thousands of young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations…
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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…
DIPLOMATS said on Tuesday that at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage…
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…