The law on mining in Zambia does not permit a company that is bankrupt to hold a mining right, hence Vedanta has to prove its financial position before it can come back to run Konkola Copper... Read more

A court in Finland has acquitted a rebel commander of rape, ritual murder and the recruitment of child soldiers during Liberia’s civil war. The court said there was not enough proof to... Read more

Distraught people have gathered at the palace of a traditional leader in Nigeria who has been kidnapped. Ayuba Dodo Dakolo was abducted on Thursday with three of his children and several oth... Read more

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a warning to diplomats against interreference in the forthcoming elections. The warning was made during an Iftar dinner with diplomats on Thursd... Read more

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