MALAWI’s President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended with immediate effect all international travel for himself and his government in a bid…
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MADAGASCAR is holding presidential elections despite an opposition boycott following weeks of protests. A curfew was declared overnight to prevent…
INITIAL results from the presidential run-off election in Liberia point to an extremely tight race. With almost a quarter of…
MALI’s army has seized Kidal, a key town in the country’s north that the ethnic Tuareg rebels have held for…
THE wife of an abducted Zimbabwe opposition activist has identified her husband’s dead body. Tapfumaneyi Masaya, from the Citizens Coalition…
GABON’s military leaders say they plan to hold a general election in August 2025. This follows pressure from the international…
AT least 11 civilians have been killed in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo, the army said on Monday, in an attack…
THE European Union has called for an investigation into the reported killing of around 100 people in Burkina Faso earlier…
A UGANDAN military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist fighters stormed an African Union base in…
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…