MALI’s military rulers ended a 2015 peace deal with Tuareg rebels in the country’s north, a move that could further…
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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…
EGYPTIAN President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said a deal granting Ethiopia maritime access through Somaliland “is acceptable to no-one”. Speaking…
SIERRA Leone’s former president is headed to Nigeria for medical treatment despite being due to stand trial for his alleged…
SUDAN is suspending its membership of north-east African bloc Igad over an attempt to mediate the brutal conflict in the…
THE Kenyan Court of Appeal has given the go-ahead for a controversial healthcare insurance levy, overturning a previous ban. The…
SOUTH Africa’s government is trying to stop a controversial auction of 70 personal items belonging to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.…
A KENYAN court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than…
THREE opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for a nationwide protest on Saturday, when President Félix…
A FORMER Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The…
THE Mozambican authorities are concerned over a strange disease that has killed more than 900 cattle in the country’s central…
FRESH criminal charges against Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos are politically motivated, a lawyer for the businesswoman has said. Angola’s…