The authorities in Uganda say a suicide bomber was behind an explosion on a bus in the capital, Kampala, on Monday. “The attacker died in the explosion,” police spokesman Fred En... Read more
The southern African regional bloc, Sadc, has called for the “unconditional and immediate” lifting of all sanctions against the Zimbabwean government. “As Sadc, we are concerned by the conti... Read more
Defiant protesters remain on the streets of Sudan after the country’s armed forces launched a military coup. Chanting and waving flags, they have blocked roads in the capital Khartoum... Read more
Shabir Ahmadi started his job at TOLO TV, Afghanistan’s largest private broadcaster, during one of the darkest days for the media in the war-torn nation: January 21, 2016. The evening before... Read more
Thousands of refugees and migrants have been camped out in front of a United Nations centre in Tripoli for three weeks, calling for evacuation from Libya in the wake of sweeping raids that s... Read more
The Nigeria Railway Corporation temporarily suspended train services on a major route linking the capital, Abuja, to the north-western state of Kaduna after an armed gang attacked a passenge... Read more
The trial of the Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu is expected to resume in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Kanu – the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (a pro-Biafra separatist gro... Read more
The European Union has called on Tunisian President Kais Saied to restore democratic order in the country and reopen parliament. EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell told EU lawmakers duri... Read more
Egypt has in a first appointed 98 women as judges in one of the country’s main judicial bodies – the State Council. The judges were sworn in before the council’s chief judge in an even... Read more
Liberia’s President George Weah has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to a businesswoman who had lost the cash in the north-eastern Nimba... Read more
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said girls will be allowed to return to secondary schools soon. Qari Saeed Khosty, a spokesman for the interior ministry, told Al Jazeera... Read more
Authorities in English-speaking western Cameroon have appealed for calm after the killing of a five-year-old girl by a policeman in the troubled region and his subsequent lynching by an angr... Read more
A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beat... Read more
South Africa’s elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy, after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white-minor... Read more
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