The UK has threatened to issue visa bans on Nigerian politicians linked to electoral violence ahead of governorship elections in two states later this month. It has also warned of their pote... Read more
The UN children’s agency Unicef has “expressed deep concern” over the imprisonment and treatment of a 13-year-old boy convicted for blasphemy. In August, Omar Farouq was se... Read more
Every single country in Africa has applied to Fifa to access a grant through the world governing body’s Covid-19 Relief Plan. Formally approved in June, the Fifa fund is making US$1.5... Read more
The authorities in Tanzania have lifted “with immediate effect” a ban on Kenyan airlines weeks after it imposed it as a retaliation to its neighbour’s ban on its carriers.... Read more
A court in Zimbabwe has issued an arrest warrant for opposition MP, Joana Mamombe, after she failed to attend trial on Monday to face accusations of faking her abduction in May, state-owned... Read more
Police in Tanzania have arrested the owner of a school where 10 pupils died in a dormitory fire on Monday. Seven other pupils were also injured during the fire and have been admitted to hosp... Read more
An Algerian journalist convicted of undermining national unity has had his prison sentence reduced to two years on appeal. .Khaled Drareni was originally sentenced to three years in jail... Read more
Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running in the 31 October presidential election. The constitutional council said he could not run as he was not on the elec... Read more
South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says new research estimates 12 million people – about 20% of the country’s population – could already have been infected with Coron... Read more
Doctors in Nigeria have suspended their strike after holding talks with the authorities. The doctors had downed their tools on Monday to demand a pay rise, better welfare and improved facili... Read more
The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. State commissioner for woman’s affairs and social dev... Read more
Guinea’s constitutional court, the highest in the West African country, has approved 82-year-old President Alpha Condé’s bid for a third term in next month’s election. The... Read more
Renowned South African human rights lawyer George Bizos has died. He was 92 years old. Mr Bizos rose to prominence as a lawyer who represented the Rivonia Trialists, including Nelson Mandela... Read more
A special court in Sierra Leone has rejected a bid by convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor to be moved from a British prison citing coronavirus risk, AFP news agency reports. T... Read more
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