MOSES Lugalia has joined Kenya’s budding electric vehicle revolution – by exchanging the noisy roar of his petrol motorbike for…
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THREE ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month’s election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of…
SENEGAL’s Supreme Court has dismissed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s appeal against a libel conviction, potentially ruling him out of next…
CHILDREN across Zambia will return to school three weeks late from their festive holidays due to a cholera outbreak. Both…
THE former Miss Namibia has doubled down on her pledge to run to be president of the southern African country,…
AN influential Ugandan pastor and outspoken supporter of President Yoweri Museveni was hospitalised after a shooting attack which killed his…
KENYAN President William Ruto has come under a barrage of criticism following his threat to disobey court orders from “corrupt…
SIERRA Leone on Tuesday charged 12 people with treason and other offences for their roles in what authorities have called…
POLICE in Morocco have seized 1.488 tonnes (3,280lb) of cocaine in a joint operation with Spanish security forces. The cocaine…
CHAD’s transitional leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has appointed long-time opposition figure Succès Masra as the country’s new prime…
ETHIOPIA has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain…
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results…
THE recent lifting of Niger’s ban on people smuggling has been welcomed by many in Agadez, a city on the…
UN peacekeepers are finishing their withdrawal from Mali on Sunday, after a long-running mission lasting a decade. Minusma – the…
SOUTH Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in “genocidal…
FULL provisional results of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be announced Sunday, the electoral commission said on…
THE UN and the World Food Programme on Friday warned that a lack of funding could lead to the imminent…
RUSSIA on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso after a gap of nearly 32 years after the West African…
MORE than 40 people were feared dead when a tanker truck exploded after crashing in central Liberia, the country’s chief…
BURKINA Faso’s former foreign minister-turned-opposition-leader has been missing for three days after being taken away from his house by people…