Guinea’s ruling military junta says deposed president Alpha Condé has been transferred to his wife’s home in the capital Conakry. The National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), as the... Read more

The Ugandan army has launched joint air and artillery strikes against the rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda People’s Defence... Read more

Militiamen have stormed a Libyan court and prevented judges from looking into Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s appeal against the decision to exclude him from the presidential race, according to his... Read more

The government in Burkina Faso has extended the suspension of mobile internet services. The internet was to be restored on Wednesday, after being suspended for four days. The cut to mobile i... Read more

Police in Somalia have confirmed the death of eight civilians in a car bombing in the capital Mogadishu, state television has reported. Some 17 other people have been wounded, including 13 c... Read more

Malawi has asked boxing star Mike Tyson to become the official ambassador for the country’s cannabis crop. Agriculture Minister Lobin Low sent a letter to Tyson inviting him to take up... Read more

Liberia’s small US-trained army is recruiting an additional 200 personnel to beef up its strength – half of whom would be women in terms of a new policy aimed at achieving gender... Read more

The health authorities in Kenya have urged people to use other alternatives as the country is experiencing a shortage of condoms. Restaurants, hospitals and public facilities have not had fr... Read more

Some residents of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, have taken to social media to express their anger at the dismissal of the city’s mayor, Kalisto Lado Faustino. Others are however celebra... Read more

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential palace in Abuja on Thursday. He is visiting Nigeria as part of his tour of Africa which b... Read more

The US has ended sanctions imposed against Burundi six years ago, citing reforms in the country. A statement by the US Department of State noted that President Joe Biden had revoke... Read more

Gunmen in the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto have killed at least 21 people in fresh attacks on several villages in Sabon Birni area. Residents told the BBC that the attackers on mot... Read more

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has admitted to problems that “must be corrected in the fight against terrorism” after an attack that killed 53 people. The suspecte... Read more