MBOLE-POP star Mr Leo’s next musical mission is to break through to English-speaking audiences – and he hopes his new…
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THE state-run Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday cut power supplies to the parliament over a debt of 23m…
THE headquarters of the main opposition party in Chad, is being demolished, two days after its leader Yaya Dillo was…
FORMER Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who introduced multi-party democracy to the East African nation, died on Thursday aged 98,…
ZAMBIA’s President Hakainde Hichilema has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought affecting the country. Addressing the nation…
RESCUERS pulled more than 20 bodies from the sea off northern Senegal on Wednesday after a boat loaded with migrants…
SEVERAL Malian soldiers died on Wednesday in a large-scale attack by suspected insurgents on a military outpost in the remote…
THE authorities in Chad have said the country’s delayed presidential elections will take place in May. The vote is supposed…
PROMINENT Zimbabwean opposition politician and former finance minister Tendai Biti has been given a $300 (£236) fine and suspended six-month…
DOZENS of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say…
AT LEAST 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern…
ALGERIA’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday officially opened The Great Mosque of Algiers, the largest mosque in Africa. It is…
A COURT in Uganda has sentenced more than 100 women to one month of community service each after they confessed…
GUINEA’s military junta has protested to Russia’s ambassador after his embassy reportedly warned of possible unrest in the capital, Conakry.…
THE death toll from Zambia’s cholera outbreak has risen to almost 700, says the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).…
SENEGAL’s President Macky Sall has said he will leave office when his term comes to an end on 2 April,…
EIGHT women accused of witchcraft in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau have died of poisoning in the remote north,…
SENEGAL’s outgoing President Macky Sall on Thursday said his mandate would end as planned on April 2, but left open…
THE UN Security Council has sanctioned six senior members of armed groups operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where…
FIFTEEN candidates in Senegal’s delayed presidential election have accused President Macky Sall of “ill will” and said they will take…