A BUILDING under construction collapsed in an upscale neighbourhood of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub Abidjan, killing six people and injuring…
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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…
ZIMBABWE’s electoral body has cleared 11 people to contest in presidential elections in August, after many politicians complained of exorbitant…
SIERRA Leoneans are awaiting general election results following a tense campaign marred by violence. There was a high turnout, with…
THE Sudanese army’s infantry battalions have hardly been present on the streets of Khartoum during the two months-long conflict that…
SIERRA Leoneans are voting in a general election following a tense campaign marred by violence. On Wednesday, the main opposition…
PEOPLE are rushing to markets in Sierra Leone’s capital to stock up on food ahead of elections on Saturday, residents…
ABOUT two dozen students in northern Mozambique fainted en masse during classes. Pemba Secondary School, in province of Cabo Delgado,…
SOUTH African police are investigating the death of Tina Joemat-Pettersson, an MP for the governing African National Congress (ANC) who…
A PROMINENT Tunisian journalist has been arrested on charges of insulting President Kais Said. A judge ordered the detention of…