At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on a health centre in the north-eastern Afar region of Ethiopia, where fighting between Tigrayan rebels and pro-government forces has recentl... Read more
The Nigerian government says it has invoked labour laws to stop the salaries of doctors who started an indefinite strike last week. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige accused... Read more
Officials in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say a journalist working for the national broadcaster has had his throat slit in North Kivu province. Heritier Magayane’s colleagues s... Read more
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to co-operate to improve diplomatic, trade and other mutual ties between them following years of frosty relations. It follows a meeting of both countries’ forei... Read more
A senior government official in Niger state, central Nigeria, has been kidnapped, an official statement has said. Mohammed Sani Idris – who is Niger state’s commissioner for info... Read more
At least 12 soldiers were killed on Sunday in an ambush in north-western Burkina Faso near the border with Mali. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack carried out in the Bou... Read more
A Sudanese court has sentenced six members of a paramilitary group to death for killing protesters during the 2019 demonstrations over fuel and food shortages. The shooting of the six protes... Read more
A new boss is taking over the running of Mozambique’s Ndlavela Women’s Penitentiary, where it was found that inmates there had been forced into prostitution. Herminia Nhamuz... Read more
Tanzania’s main opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe and his three co-accused have been brought before a court in Dar es Salaam. The accused arrived at the Kisutu Magistrates Court at aroun... Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked more regional governors, as he continues to implement a range of exceptional measures. The senior officials in Monastir, Medenine and Zaghouan were a... Read more
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday evening, with notable changes including the finance and health ministries. Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize res... Read more
The Nigerian military says it has killed at least 78 gunmen belonging to what it calls criminal gangs during an aerial bombardment of their hideouts in the north-west of the country. Many fi... Read more
Amnesty International says Nigerian security forces have killed dozens of people during operations against separatists in the south-east of the country. This comes after the government accus... Read more
Mozambique’s largest opposition party, Renamo, has demanded that parliament hold an urgent session to discuss the presence of foreign forces fighting armed groups in the Cabo Delgado provinc... Read more
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