THE African Union (AU) has suspended Guinea-Bissau following the coup in the West African country that overthrew President Umaro Embalo.…
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THE daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP following allegations that she tricked 17…
GUINEA-BISSAU’s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has arrived in Senegal, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, a day…
SOUTH Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as “regrettable” the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa would…
A GERMAN woman of Congolese origin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
TANZANIAN President Samia Suluhu Hassan is facing increasing international pressure as a coalition of regional and global civil society groups…
TANZANIA has cancelled next month’s independence day celebrations, with the funds to be instead spent on rebuilding infrastructure damaged in…
CAMEROONIAN opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who is contesting the outcome of the presidential election, has fled to The Gambia…
A LONG-DORMANT volcano in northern Ethiopia has erupted, sending plumes of ash across the Red Sea towards Yemen and Oman.…
SUDAN’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters are committing war crimes in the Darfur town of el-Fasher, the rights group…
THERE are growing concerns over the possibility of armed conflict between Horn of Africa neighbours, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as hostile…
THE G20 summit in South Africa, a gathering of the world’s major economies, has ended with a joint declaration committing…
WORLD leaders from the G20 adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa, despite opposition from…
NIGER Republic’s president Abdourahamane Tchiani this weekend said the country’s border with Benin would remain closed “as long as the…
SOUTH Africa has classified violence against women a national disaster following an online campaign culminating in countrywide protests on Friday.…
QATARI Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days after the government…
THE UN human rights council has given unanimous backing to a fresh, independent investigation into mass killings reported in the…
TWELVE historical artefacts have been formally returned to Ethiopia after being kept by a German family for more than 100…
THE Kenyan authorities paid a network of trolls to threaten and intimidate young protesters during recent anti-government demonstrations, Amnesty International…
TANZANIA’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that hit the East African nation during last month’s heavily…