HUNDREDS of homes have been destroyed by a fire in a poor neighbourhood of the South African port city of…
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KARIM Khan, the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), has told the BBC that “there is no hope of…
IN a strong warning to the opposition, Kenya’s President William Ruto has said “protests will no longer take place in…
ZIMBABWE’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a bill into law that imposes penalties on Zimbabweans who are found to have…
MAALIM is traumatised by what he saw in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, before he fled across the border to…
IN a clear sign of their seriousness to end the escalating conflict in Sudan, four East African states, led by…
FIVE bodies were found under rubble on Tuesday after two buildings collapsed a day earlier in the Guinean capital Conakry,…
SUDANESE public school teacher Imad Mohammed had worked for 32 years when war broke out almost three months ago, tearing…
A LIBYAN court has jailed 37 people convicted of human trafficking – following the deaths of 11 migrants who drowned…
GABON’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced that he will seek a third term in office in presidential elections planned…
JOHANNESBURG has seen its first snowfall since 2012, as cold weather is sweeping across much of the country. Residents are…
SPANISH rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went…
A LITTLE after midnight on 6 September, 2022, Musah Mustafa emerged from his thatched-roof hut to relieve himself and saw…
A SUDANESE army air strike on the capital has killed at least 22 people and injured many others, eyewitnesses and…
RIVAL sides in politically divided Libya have agreed to set up a committee to oversee the sharing of oil revenues.…
FRENCH football star Kylian Mbappé says he is “honoured” to be visiting Cameroon, his country “of origin”. “I’m so happy…
THE Tunisian authorities should to immediately halt what have been described as “collective expulsions” of sub-Saharan migrants, the New York-based…
THREE people have been arrested after employees at a Kenyan cheese factory were allegedly forced to undress to check who…
SOUTH Africa’s former Minister in the Presidency and anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad has died at the age of 84, according…
A SUSPECTED nitrate oxide gas leak in South Africa has led to the deaths of 16 people, local officials say.…