A court in Dar es Salaam has ruled that Freeman Mbowe, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party, will have to stand trial on charges of terrorism, prolonging a case that some see... Read more
The US State Department has announced that it is freezing nearly $160m (£118m) in foreign aid to Burkina Faso. The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the ove... Read more
A Kenyan teacher faces arrest after one person died and at least a dozen others were injured when a convoy of school buses was attacked by bandits. Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i sug... Read more
Mozambique’s defence minister says many people displaced from Cabo Delgado region by jihadist violence will be able to return by June this year. Defence Minister Cristóvão Chume said t... Read more
Liberia’s main opposition Unity Party is now the second to withdraw from the four-party coalition that’s planning to challenge President George Weah in next year’s election... Read more
A widely shared video showing Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, pleading guilty has been faked. The clip, which has been vie... Read more
The military leader of Burkina Faso who took control in a coup three weeks ago has been sworn in as transitional president. Dressed in camouflage uniform and a red beret, Paul-Henri Damiba v... Read more
A Kenyan lawyer, Paul Gicheru, has gone on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, accused of bribing and intimidating prosecution witnesses. Mr Gicheru said he was not... Read more
Tanzania is looking to set up its own vaccine manufacturing plant as part of its wider plan to tackle Covid and other diseases in the country. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the country... Read more
Algeria’s president says the government will introduce unemployment benefits for young adults as the country struggles with high rates of joblessness. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to... Read more
A 10-year-old boy has been rescued after spending eight hours in the crushing mechanism of a rubbish lorry in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The boy, identified by police as Majed Mubarak... Read more
The head of the Egyptian authority managing the Suez canal has said that work is under way to extend the two-way section of the waterway by 10km (six miles). The Suez Canal Authority Chairma... Read more
Ugandan police have arrested seven people for allegedly belonging to two terror cells, and having links to a raid in the central Lukaya and Butambala districts. Police Spokesman Fred Enanga... Read more
US troops have joined several hundred soldiers from 10 African countries for an annual military exercise in Ivory Coast. The two-week exercise, known as Flintlock, is designed to strengthen... Read more
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