SENEGAL’s reputation as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region is on the line as protesters clash with police…
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NANGOLO Mbumba has taken his oath of office as Namibia’s new president hours after the death of Hage Geingob. Geingob…
PROTESTERS and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday, a…
NAMIBIAN President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after…
SENEGALESE President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours…
THE African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab jihadists are waging an insurgency, said Friday the second phase of…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says it is receiving reports of people dying of starvation in Sudan, where a war…
A HUGE gas blast in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has killed at least two people and injured at least 222.…
FRENCH nationals will no longer be allowed to fly into Niger, airline sources said Thursday. “According to the Nigerien authorities,…
A KENYAN opposition leader has accused President William Ruto of planning to defy a court ruling against the deployment of…
CAMEROONIAN socialite Hervé Bopda has been arrested after abuse allegations against him prompted national outrage. Earlier this month, Mr Bopda…
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…