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
Mauritania’s president has appointed a new government after some of his ministers were named in a report on the financial dealings of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Presiden... Read more
The French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced the killing of eight people in a wildlife park in Niger. The victims included six French aid workers. Mr Macron termed it as a ‘cowar... Read more
A Nigerian airline has sacked more than 100 pilots and engineers in another wave of sacking in the troubled aviation sector. Bristow Helicopters has been forced to restructure due to the eff... Read more
Kenya’s tourism minister has clarified that hotels and resorts are allowed to sell alcohol in rooms. The minister Najib Balala clarified that the establishments were allowed to sale al... Read more
The Somali doctor and human rights activist Hawa Abdi has died. She was in her 70s. The Nobel Peace Prize nominee built a hospital, school and feeding centre near the capital Mogadishu, serv... Read more
Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been appointed as health minister, about a month after the ministry was rocked by a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronaviru... Read more
A court in the West African country of Cape Verde has approved the extradition to the US of a businessman suspected of money-laundering on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Alex Saab... Read more
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