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
Malawians no longer have to pay tax on sanitary pads – as a 16.5% levy has been axed. “In the spirit of promoting girl child education, government has listened to the contributions that came... Read more
Angola’s government has suspended the salaries of more than 5,000 doctors, describing their strike action as illegal. The National Union of Angola Medical Doctors began an indefinite n... Read more
Military aircraft are to escort passenger trains along the vital rail link between Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna. The announcement by Transport Minister Rotimi Am... Read more
In a huge blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s judges have once again blocked a government-backed plan to make fundamental changes to the constitution. Supreme Court judges said t... Read more
Gunmen in Nigeria are reported to have abducted an unknown number of passengers from a train in the northern Kaduna state. The gang mined the track between the capital, Abuja, and Kaduna cit... Read more
Guinean military authorities have destroyed the private residence of former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo. The junta, which said it was targeting irregularly acquired state property an... Read more
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