THE Kenyan government says it’s delaying the reopening of its border with Somalia, after attacks on its soil attributed to…
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OVER the past decade growing numbers of women in Kenya have been opting to have fewer children, according to new…
THREE people have died and three others were injured in a bomb attack that targeted a civilian residence in Waberi…
SENEGAL’s President Macky Sall has ruled out seeking re-election in 2024, ending widespread speculation that he would run for a…
A GROUP of parents in The Gambia have begun legal action against the government, an Indian pharmaceutical company and a…
KENYAN President William Ruto announced Sunday the lifting of a near six-year ban on logging, despite the concerns of environmental…
SOUTH Africa’s Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini is being treated in hospital for suspected poisoning, his traditional prime minister has said.…
THE government’s deal to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda risks “downgrading” UK foreign policy, a former cabinet minister has said.…
A BUILDING under construction collapsed in an upscale neighbourhood of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub Abidjan, killing six people and injuring…
AT least 48 people have been killed in a road accident at a busy junction in Kenya, police and witnesses…
MALI has told the UN that its 12,000 peacemakers need to leave, after 10 years countering Islamist militants in the…
EVIDENCE has emerged of significant damage in another part of the West Darfur region in Sudan, as fighting continues between…
MUSLIMS in Sudan have been celebrating Eid al-Adha amid the sound of gunfire despite a ceasefire announced by the warring…
THE streets of Sierra Leone’s capital were quiet on Wednesday, a day after President Julius Maada Bio was sworn in…
KENYA’s opposition leader Raila Odinga called for nationwide civil disobedience in an effort to reverse recent tax increases agreed by…
SECURITY sources in Burkina Faso say unidentified assailants have killed 31 soldiers and three members of the Homeland Defence Volunteers…
MORE than 10,000 people have registered as refugees in South Sudan after fleeing the conflict in Sudan, the UN Office…
THE head of Ethiopia’s electoral board, Birtukan Mideksa, has announced her resignation. In a Facebook post on Monday, Ms Birtukan…
MALI’s military-led government on Thursday seized the diplomatic passport of influential and outspoken Muslim cleric Mahmoud Dicko, who is a…
ZAMBIA’s President Hakainde Hichilema can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the outlines of a deal aimed at lifting…