The clean-up efforts after a devastating oil spill in Mauritius earlier this month “will take around a year”, according to oceanographer and environmental engineer Vassen Kauppay... Read more
At least 17 people are now believed to have died following a siege at a beach-side hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that was ended by special forces. More than a dozen others were... Read more
South Africa’s police minister has said the suspect who killed himself in police custody had confessed to the murders of several women in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of community mem... Read more
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has accused the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of having designs to dislodge him from power, according to a state-owned newspaper. “I have told y... Read more
Police in Ivory Coast have fired tear gas at opposition supporters protesting against President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term in office. Demonstrators defied a b... Read more
A leading member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement has died in prison after suffering a heart attack, media reports say. Essam al-Erian, 66, was arrested in 2013 following the ove... Read more
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, who has been in detention in Ethiopia since last month, has contracted Covid-19, his lawyer Kedir Bullo has told me. Mr Juma was due to appear in court in the... Read more
A 19-year-old Ugandan has picked nomination papers to vie for the presidency in the upcoming general elections. Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa said he had always been a leader and was qualified to... Read more
A court in Nigeria has fined three men $52,000 (£40,000) each for hijacking a ship in March and securing a ransom of $200,000 for the release of its crew. These are the first convictions in... Read more
The authorities hope to finish pumping out the remaining oil from the ship that has caused a huge oil spill off the coast of Mauritius on Wednesday. The aim is to transfer the fuel oil to la... Read more
The authorities in South Sudan say at least 81 people have been killed during heavy fighting between armed civilians and soldiers carrying out a disarmament exercise. With several million gu... Read more
Guinea’s President Alpha Condé has announced 18 October as the date for the upcoming general elections. The electoral commission had proposed the date but the leader was yet to sign it... Read more
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu says he lacks confidence in the electoral commission ahead of his presidential contest against incumbent John Magufuli in October’s general elections.... Read more
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party MDC Alliance says about 30 of its members have fled their homes for fear of being abducted. The party has tweeted that some members were cont... Read more
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