An investigation has been launched in Egypt into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a journalist at the offices of the state-run newspaper, Al-Ahram. Eyewitnesses say that Imad el-... Read more
A court in Rwanda has sentenced a Muslim cleric to five years in prison for killing a pig in a mosque. Three witnesses told the court that they saw the imam, Sadate Musengimana, beating the... Read more
Somalia’s members of parliament have elected Sheikh Adan Madobe as the Speaker of the country’s lower house of parliament. Mr Madobe’s election comes a day after the upper... Read more
A Brussels Airlines flight destined for Liberia’s Roberts International Airport was forced to abort its landing on Wednesday evening because the runway could not be lit up. The lighting prob... Read more
Twitter says it has “established a legal entity in Nigeria”, months after the social media firm agreed to conditions set out by the government for its service to be restored in t... Read more
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has held talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in his first visit to the northern neighbour after tensions in 2019 led to border closures for three yea... Read more
Togo’s parliament has passed a resolution asking the government to make a formal bid for membership of the Commonwealth, a group of mainly former British colonies. The country is alrea... Read more
Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday launched a 24-month transition plan that they say will lead to elections. The military seized power in August 2020 and has been under pressure to return... Read more
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
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