A Kenyan MP has been found guilty for defrauding a government agency of $3m (£2.4m) in a case involving a cancelled tender for the purchase of maize for famine relief. John Waluke could lose... Read more
Somalia’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation that gives women 30% of seats in both parliamentary chambers. The lower house has a total of 274 seats while the upper house... Read more
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has initiated investigations into the demolition of a building at the Nigerian High Commission in the capital, Accra. Armed men reportedly stormed the High C... Read more
Tens of thousands of South African commuters have been left stranded following a strike by minibus drivers in Gauteng province, the country’s commercial hub. Minibus taxis blocked majo... Read more
At least 10 people have been killed by cattle rustlers in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara. Villagers said dozens of armed men arrived on motorbikes, shooting dead members of a vi... Read more
The wife of the late Ethiopian army chief, who was shot dead a year ago today, has said she has failed in her efforts to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in order to be updated on the state of... Read more
One of the top strikers in the Togolese first division, Kossi Koudagba of ASC Kara, has died of malaria aged 25. Koudagba had finished top striker in Togo for two years in a row and won the... Read more
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Maputo has denied forcing staff to work every weekend without overtime pay and discriminating against Mozambican staff. “Everything mentioned in the pap... Read more
A Nigerian entrepreneur faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty in the US to charges of internet fraud worth $11m (£8.7m). Obinwanne Okeke, now 32, was lauded in Forbes Africa... Read more
A post has been circulating falsely claiming that 2018 Nobel laureate Dr Dénis Mukwege resigned from Covid-19 response teams in DR Congo because he had been ordered to declare illnesses and... Read more
Tens of thousands of people have once again gathered in Bamako’s Independence square for the latest in a series of protests called by the influential and radical Imam, Mahmoud Dicko: T... Read more
A distraught father in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is calling on the authorities to help search for his four-year-old daughter who was swept away in recent flash flooding. The littl... Read more
At least 13 people have died and others are missing after Thursday’s mudslide in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, the AFP news agency reports. The West African nation has been e... Read more
Ghanaian World War Two veteran Private Joseph Hammond says he is “overwhelmed and filled with joy” by the news that the Queen has honoured his fundraising efforts in the fight ag... Read more
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