Mali’s coup leaders say that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been released from detention, and is at his home. He was arrested during last Tuesday’s military takeover... Read more
A man has been arrested in London on suspicion of war crimes during the Liberian civil wars. The 45-year-old man is accused of offences relating to the country’s first and second civil... Read more
US oil giant Exxon Mobil says it is giving aid worth $50,000 (£38,000) to help families displaced by the militant Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s gas-rich northern province of Cabo... Read more
Master KG, the South African musician and producer of hit song Jerusalema, reached another milestone on Wednesday when the song reached 100 million views on YouTube. Jerusalema has been a ma... Read more
West African mediators say the leaders of last week’s coup in Mali want to stay in power for a three-year transition period. But the Ecowas team say they told the coup leaders that an... Read more
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) has suspended Mali from its membership, the latest body to take action following last week’s overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keït... Read more
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Redwan Hussein has held talks with UK embassy Charge d’ affaires after chaos broke out during protests held outside Ethiopia’s embassy in London. Mr Redwan e... Read more
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the world’s largest measles outbreak that killed more than 7,000 children has now ended. Efforts to stop its spread were hampere... Read more
Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running for the presidency in upcoming elections after a court upheld the electoral commission’s decision to re... Read more
Campaigning begins in Tanzania on Wednesday ahead of a general election due at the end of October. President John Magufuli, who is seeking re-election, faces 14 challengers. The ruling CCM p... Read more
African countries are closing in on 1.2 million coronavirus cases mark, according to an update by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The centre tweeted that the cases a... Read more
Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversi... Read more
The opposition in Burkina Faso has agreed to rally behind any challenger to President Roch Kaboré who reaches the second round in November’s elections. Eight presidential candidates an... Read more
The police in Ivory Coast have arrested a man who allegedly set buses on fire last week during mass protests in the commercial capital, Abidjan. The violent protests have been going on for w... Read more
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