Sudan’s transitional cabinet has unanimously approved a bill that would pave way for it to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok tweeted ... Read more
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma will be allowed out of prison on Tuesday next week to appear in person at a corruption trial. The court’s decision comes weeks after more than 300... Read more
The eyes of many people are on the small country in North Africa that set the Middle East on fire when in 2011 it toppled a dictator that had ruled it for 27 years. Tunisia – the birth... Read more
A senior general in South Sudan has declared himself the leader of the country’s main opposition faction and called for the ousting of First Vice-President Riek Machar. The Chief of St... Read more
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is in self-isolation after being in contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19, the presidency has said. The name of the person was not... Read more
Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has said police have blocked him from accessing Mbala and Mpulungu towns in the north. He tweeted photos of the late night incident saying... Read more
Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has withdrawn from Cameroon’s North-West region after months of suspension by the authorities. The charity said it could not keep staying in an... Read more
One of the most powerful forces in Tunisian politics, the UGTT labour union, has urged President Kais Saied to quickly put in place a new government. Eight days ago, Mr Saied sacked the prim... Read more
The lawyer of a jailed Moroccan journalist, Soulaimane Raissouni, says his client is ready to suspend his 118 -day hunger strike, but that he must be taken to hospital. Mr Raissouni’s... Read more
A Senegalese university student is in trouble for disguising himself as a woman to sit his girlfriend’s school-leaving English paper. Images of Khadim Mboup dressed in women’s cl... Read more
The daughter of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, Jabu, has hit out at British model Naomi Campbell who accused the leader of “stoking division”. Campbell had sai... Read more
Six patients died in Songo village in central Mali that has been besieged by armed men for a month, the mayor of Diabaly in central Mali has said. The armed men have been stopping people fro... Read more
Kenya’s deputy president was on Monday made to wait for clearance for hours before he was stopped from flying to neighbouring Uganda. William Ruto was set to attend to private matters... Read more
The commander of the rebel group in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray has told the BBC they will continue fighting until their terms for a ceasefire are met. Gen Tsadkan Gebretensae... Read more
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