Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has ordered the deployment of the military to suppress electoral violence ahead of the 12 August general elections – amid criticism by the oppositi... Read more
Doctors in Nigeria’s public hospitals are set to begin an indefinite strike over poor pay after the government failed to respond to their grievances. The National Association of Reside... Read more
The security forces in Tunisia are reported to have arrested a member of parliament, who has accused President Kais Saied of carrying out a coup. The wife of Yassine Ayari confirmed his dete... Read more
The Nigerian police say they have received ‘’allegation and indictment processes’’ from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against a senior police officer. A statement by police sp... Read more
The UN Security Council has extended by one year an arms embargo against the Central African Republic. The vote took place on Thursday in New York among the 15 council members, with 14 votes... Read more
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has lifted an international arrest warrant against former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo. She was facing accusations of crimes against humanity c... Read more
Somalia’s Jubbaland regional state assembly has elected Ilyas Badal Gabose as the first member of Somalia’s senate as the much-delayed polls in the country officially kicked off... Read more
Kenya has signed a deal with the UK that will allow its unemployed nurses and other medics to work in the UK. Britain’s Health Minister Sajid Javid and Kenya’s Labour Minister Simon Ch... Read more
At a global education summit in London hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, governments, businesses and philanthropists are being asked to inve... Read more
A high court in the northern Nigeria has acquitted the leader of a banned Shia Muslim group and his wife who had both been charged with inciting violence and unlawful assembly. Sheikh Ibrahe... Read more
Malawi’s former president, Peter Mutharika, has refused to allow the national anti-corruption body to question him about allegations of tax fraud. Under Malawian law presidents are ent... Read more
Two Eswatini MPs – who were at the forefront of pro-democracy protests that broke out last month – have told the BBC that they fear for their own lives. Bacede Mabuza and Mthande... Read more
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara will on Tuesday meet his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo. This will be their first meeting since the post-election violence in 2010 in which 3,000... Read more
At least 57 people are reported to have drowned off the Libyan coast – the latest large-scale loss of life involving migrants trying to reach Europe. The head of the International Orga... Read more
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