CAMEROONIAN socialite Hervé Bopda has been arrested after abuse allegations against him prompted national outrage. Earlier this month, Mr Bopda…
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KENYA’s President William Ruto was celebrated last year when he announced his country would be going visa-free for African visitors,…
ZIMBABWE opposition politician and former MP Job Sikhala is finally a free man after a record 595 days on pre-trial…
SOUTH Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been suspended from the party he once led, after refusing to vote for…
MORE than 50 people, including United Nations peacekeepers, have been killed in attacks in an area disputed between South Sudan…
SEVERAL African leaders are in Italy’s capital, Rome, for the Italy-Africa summit, which is aimed at boosting relations between Africa…
SOUTH African Airways – once a giant of African aviation – is back in the intercontinental market, but there are…
BURKINA Faso says it has received 25,000 tonnes of free wheat from Russia. Confirming the news on Friday, one minister…
DEMONSTRATIONS are taking place across major cities in Kenya to protest against the rising cases of femicide and other violence…
THE Kenyan High Court has blocked the government from deploying police officers to fight gangs in Haiti. The judge argued…
MALI’s military rulers ended a 2015 peace deal with Tuareg rebels in the country’s north, a move that could further…
THE British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum will give back gold and silver artifacts looted during colonial times…
HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Burkina Faso army of killing at least 60 civilians in drone strikes…
FIGHTING in southeastern Niger has left 10 soldiers wounded and several dozen insurgents dead, the government said. Fighters from the…
NAMIBIA’s President Hage Geingob, 82, is flying to the US to receive “specialised” medical treatment for cancer, his office has…
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of 76 murders after telling a public inquiry he started last August’s deadly…
FAMINE is stalking parts of Ethiopia. The epicentre is in the northern Tigray region. Villagers who have not yet recovered…
POLICE in Kenya have recovered a head believed to be that of a 20-year-old student who was murdered and dismembered…
SOME Eritrean migrants have told BBC Tigrinya that they are among more than 100 people, including 13 children, who have…
KENYA’s Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi has denied reports of deteriorating relations between the country and its neighbours, despite a number…