AT least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday…
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ZIMBABWE’s main opposition on Tuesday called for fresh elections after its presidential candidate lost to incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa in a…
THE military has announced a coup in Gabon, deposing President Ali Bongo, who was declared winner of Saturday’s election. Bongo,…
THE Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (Redhac) says the internet shutdown and curfew imposed by the authorities…
THE head of Sudan’s army and the country’s de facto president has responded to a statement by his rival in…
FRANCE’s ambassador to Niger Republic is still in the coup-hit Sahel country despite an ultimatum from the new army leaders…
LIBYA’s PM has suspended his foreign minister after she met informally with her Israeli counterpart. Libya does not recognise Israel,…
A PRIVATE plane found with more than $5m (£4m) in cash, fake gold, guns and ammunition on board is at…
ZIMBABWE’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says.…
THE head of Kenya’s airports authority has been sacked after a power cut left passengers stranded in darkness for hours…
THE government of Mozambique says its armed forces have killed the leader of a terrorist group linked to Islamic State…
AT least 12 people have been killed in a crowd crush at a stadium in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, Prime Minister…
POLICE in Zimbabwe have arrested 41 election monitors for allegedly trying to disrupt the voting process. Those being held, from…
SOMALIA’s ban on TikTok, which is set to take effect on Friday evening, has outraged many users who make a…
HEAVY clashes continue around a strategic army base in the Sudanese capital Khartoum as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and…
THE European Union has launched a new air bridge carrying humanitarian supplies to the east of the Democratic Republic of…
ZIMBABWEANS are going to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by the country’s soaring inflation.…
A QURAN – neatly handwritten more than 200 years ago by an Indonesian imam who had been banished to the…
EMMERSON Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe’s second president after outmanoeuvring long-time ruler Robert Mugabe with a military-backed coup in 2017 — and…
THE Egyptian authorities arrested then released a journalist who published articles accusing officials of involvement in smuggling cash, weapons and…