Military leaders who’ve seized power in Guinea have released about 80 prisoners ahead of a summit of the west African grouping Ecowas. The leaders of the Ecowas bloc are due to meet vi... Read more
Kenyan police say a 65-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of slitting her 99-year-old husband’s throat with a machete-like knife, and partially chopping off his ear. Local r... Read more
Rights campaigners have accused Egypt’s security forces of routinely carrying out unlawful executions, and then claiming that the deaths occurred during “shoot-outs” with m... Read more
Guinea’s main opposition leader has welcomed Sunday’s ousting of President Alpha Condé calling it an opportunity for a new beginning for the country. Cellou Dalein Diallo said th... Read more
The leader of the coup which ousted Guinea’s President Alpha Condé has said a new “union” government would be formed in weeks. Col Mamady Doumbouya told ministers who serve... Read more
The G7 group of industrialised nations has called on President Kais Saied of Tunisia to urgently appoint a new head of government. In a joint-statement, the group said that naming a prime mi... Read more
A Tanzanian newspaper has been suspended for 30 days for publishing false information, the government spokesperson has said. The weekly publication, Raia Mwema, headlined a story linking the... Read more
Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers to seize power on Sunday. Announcing the military takeover, the 41-year-old former Frenc... Read more
A group of soldiers who ousted Guinea’s President Alpha Condé from power on Sunday have ordered the country’s cabinet to attend a mandatory meeting on Monday. Those who refuse to... Read more
Six illegal miners died after sneaking into the old pits of a gold mine in Burkina Faso. Seven others were injured after police fired tear gas, survivors say. The police said the miners had... Read more
The gunman who killed four people near the French embassy in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam last week before being shot dead was “a terrorist”, local police have said.... Read more
Liberia’s president and former football star George Weah has dedicated a newly built military hospital in honour of the number 14 shirt he wore for the national football team. Constructed at... Read more
An Ivorian TV programme presenter has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence by an Abidjan court for “condoning rape”. He was also fined 2m CFA francs ($3,600 £2,600). Y... Read more
Fifteen fishermen kidnapped by militant Islamist group Boko Haram Islamist on Monday around Lake Chad have been freed, according to a local teacher who was also abducted. The teacher said th... Read more
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