Kenya’s former president, Mwai Kibaki, has died at the age of 90, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. His 2002 election ended 40 years of one-party rule since independence. However... Read more
The Mozambican authorities are detaining two men found attempting to sell severed male human genitals for $2m (£1.5m). The organs are reported to belong to a man who was murdered in Milange... Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron went head to head with his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen over the country’s diminishing influence in Africa during their only televised debate. Ms... Read more
A Russian soldier has reportedly been killed in Hombori in Mali’s central Mopti region. The AFP news agency quoted a military memo as saying that a “Russian advisor” had st... Read more
Nigerians have been warned that sharing images of child pornography is an offence that carries a 14-year jail term after a video alleged to involve schoolchildren went viral. Students from a... Read more
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has formed a unified armed forces command structure that integrates opposition commanders into the armed forces. It follows last week’s deal between... Read more
Shipping at South Africa’s busiest port has been suspended following severe flooding in the KwaZulu-Natal province that has so far claimed 59 lives. The flooding has devastated the province... Read more
Muyiwa, the man, revealed how he met her and why he chose her over other women in an interview ... Read more
The widow of Burkina Faso’s Marxist revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara has welcomed a tribunal’s decision to give his successor, ex-President Blaise Compaoré, a life sentence in... Read more
Burkina Faso’s ousted President Roch Kaboré has been allowed to return to his home in the capital, Ouagadougou, the military government said in a statement. Mr Kaboré was under house arrest... Read more
A Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Mubarak Bala, the 37-year-old president... Read more
Tunisian MPs face charges that may carry the death sentence for attending an online session of the suspended parliament last week, legal and political figures have said. The session was cond... Read more
South Sudan rivals have signed an agreement on the formation of a unified armed forces command, a key pillar of a peace agreement signed in 2018. The deal was signed on Sunday in the capital... Read more
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned more than 1,000 prisoners to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement his office said an additional 70 protesters from th... Read more
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