The army in Uganda has denied reports that it is attempting to destabilise Ethiopia by training and providing support to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been at... Read more
Police in southern Nigeria say they’ve launched a manhunt for two Catholic priests who were kidnapped at the weekend in Edo state. The two men – Father Udo Peter and Father Phile... Read more
A lawyer for the Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga says a warrant for her arrest has been issued after she failed to appear in court over charges of inciting violence. The lawyer said his... Read more
The family of South Africa’s late leader Nelson Mandela has called for all community taverns to close and alcohol to be banned, following the deaths of 21 teenagers in one such ve... Read more
A huge manhunt is under way in Egypt for a leading judge accused of murdering his television presenter wife, whom he reported missing from a shopping mall near Cairo three weeks ago. A man,... Read more
A man has been arrested in eastern Uganda and held in police custody after slapping an MP at church on Sunday, local media reports. The 39-year-old struck Transport Minister Musa Ecweru in t... Read more
South Sudan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Manawa Peter Gatkuoth Gual has died in a hospital in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, South Sudan’s government has announced. First... Read more
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the “horrific” killing of scores of ethnic minorities in attacks in the country’s west “unacceptable” saying... Read more
South African Sean Davison has been released from three years of house arrest after being found guilty in 2019 of premeditated murder for helping three people to kill themselves. “I do not r... Read more
The sister of the Moroccan man who has been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine says she feels his story is being ignored – and that he may be forgotten. Bra... Read more
At least 40 people have been killed in clashes in the western Ethiopian city of Gambella, after members of armed groups launched attacks on Tuesday, two senior regional officials have told t... Read more
Burkina Faso’s government has announced three days of national mourning from Tuesday for the at least 50 civilians killed over the weekend in the north of the country. Military leader... Read more
The Togolese government has declared a “state of security emergency” in its northern border region. The measure will last for three months and could be extended by the national a... Read more
The government of Burkina Faso says at least 50 civilians have been killed by suspected Islamists in a raid on Seytenga village, in the north of the country. The UN has condemned the latest... Read more
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