A UGANDAN military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist fighters stormed an African Union base in…
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A DIPTHERIA outbreak has been declared at South Africa’s Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison following the death of a 19-year-old inmate.…
GHANA’s cocoa farmers are complaining that they’re broke as the cocoa board – to which they are obliged by law…
TRANSLATORS who work for German peacekeepers in Mali have told the BBC they fear for their lives as the UN…
THE Gabonese government says the African Development Bank (AfDB) has lifted financial sanctions imposed on the country following the removal…
SOUTH African opposition leader Julius Malema has criticised Kenya’s President William Ruto for failing to fulfil the promises he made…
MALAWI’s currency has lost nearly half its value against the US dollar, sparking concerns from some consumers in the southern…
FIGHTING has erupted in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela, as government forces and local militia have clashed, residents told…
THE Kenya Red Cross has called for “emergency action” amid intensifying rains and floods that have so far killed at…
SOUTH African police are on a manhunt for suspects who robbed a government minister at gunpoint and disarmed her two…
THERE has been a significant increase in the number of people fleeing fresh violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur,…
SEPARATIST rebels on Monday killed around 20 people, including women and children, in an attack on a village in one…
THE South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over…
GHANA’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has chosen Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as its presidential candidate in next year’s election.…
THOUSANDS of people are trapped in flooded areas following heavy rains in Somalia’s Jubbaland state, the UN’s humanitarian agency says.…
GUINEA’s former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, is back in jail after being taken from prison by armed men, according…
US investment could help African countries make the most of its critical minerals and industrialise their economies, South Africa’s President…
GUINEA has foiled an attempted coup as the former head of Guinea’s 2008 military junta, Moussa Camara, was sprung from…
KING Charles and Queen Camilla have ended a state visit to Kenya by posing in a tuk-tuk used by commuters…
SACKED Twitter staffers in Africa are threatening to sue the company for failing to pay out the redundancy money they…