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

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