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
The Liberian teenage motorcycle taxi driver who found and returned money to a prominent businesswoman now says he is being mocked and threatened by those opposed to his actions. Emmanuel Tul... Read more
Police in Kenya have arrested the husband of record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop who was stabbed to death at her home. Emmanuel Rotich, who was detained in the coastal... 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
The high court in Namibia has granted citizenship to a two-year-old son born through surrogacy to a gay couple. The government had refused to give citizenship to the boy, who was born in Sou... Read more
Police in the South African city of Gqeberha – formerly known as Port Elizabeth – are investigating the setting alight of three shops run by foreign nationals on Wednesday night,... Read more
Authorities in Nigeria have announced that government workers who have not received Covid-19 jabs will not be allowed into their offices from December. This effectively makes covid vaccines... Read more
A man who confessed to killing more than 10 children in Kenya has escaped from police cells in Nairobi. Masten Wanjala was due to appear in court on Wednesday over the murders of at least 14... Read more
A fire broke out at the site of Egypt’s top film festival a day before it is due to start at a Red Sea resort. Videos posted on social media showed a blaze engulfing part of the open-a... Read more
Facebook has deactivated 735 accounts linked to a powerful paramilitary group in Sudan over what it calls “suspected coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. “We removed 116 Pag... Read more
The United Nations (UN) has recalled a second senior figure from its operations in Ethiopia over controversial remarks about the war in the country’s north, in a move that could deepen alrea... Read more
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