FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma, who was forced out of office over corruption allegations, said Saturday he would not…
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FOUR Senegalese soldiers were killed when their vehicle ran over an anti-tank mine in the southern region of Casamance, where…
NIGER’s deposed president Mohamed Bazoum must be freed immediately from detention, where he has been held since a July 26…
AN attack in central Mali this week, blamed on jihadists, left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead, local sources said…
LIBERIA’s outgoing Finance Minister Samuel Tweh has dismissed as false US allegations that he was involved in “significant” corruption. The…
A SIERRA Leone court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Samura Kamara, opposition leader and runner-up in last June’s presidential…
THE High Court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has sentenced a 25-year-old serial killer to 105 years in prison. Musa Musasizi…
MANY Zimbabweans have reacted with astonishment after Mthuli Ncube was named “Best African Finance Minister of the Year” despite the…
AWARD-WINNING South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country’s culture minister has said. She…
AT least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s biggest national park as water holes have dried up, an international animal…
THE UN mission in Mali officially ended a 10-year deployment in the country on Monday, its spokesperson said, in a…
POLLING stations opened Sunday for Egyptians to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with…
TWO people have been killed and seven others injured in a “deliberate attack” on an aid convoy in Sudan’s capital…
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s leader has taken his rhetorical attacks on his Rwandan counterpart to another level by comparing…
TURKEY has issued an international arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, after he allegedly ran over a motorcycle…
BURUNDI’s Supreme Court sentenced ousted prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni to life in prison on Friday on charges including attempting to…
FORMER Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been questioned at police headquarters in the capital, Freetown, over a failed…
A HUGE blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured dozens of people and brought down buildings, prompting…
SOME Tanzanians have expressed concern over the whereabouts of Vice-President Philip Mpango, who has not been seen in public for…
THE World Bank will allocate $5 billion to deliver “reliable, affordable, renewable electricity” to 100 million Africans by the end…