The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children – mainly mothers nursing infants – who were seized by bandits. The group were abducted on 8 June... Read more
Bandits in Nigeria have shot down an air force plane in a rare case of a military jet being brought down by a criminal gang in the country. The pilot had finished a raid against kidnappers w... Read more
The authorities in Nigeria say 13 policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected armed gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara on Sunday. Seven others were also wounded after they respo... Read more
Prominent Egyptian journalist Abdenasser Salama has been detained on terrorism charges after calling for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to resign, local media report. Mr Salama, a former edi... Read more
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says it is “unfair” to criticise him for appointing his daughter as a diplomat. “I have made over 2,000 appointments in the civil service,... Read more
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared on a video link from prison to attend a corruption trial. Mr Zuma faces charges of fraud and racketeering dating back to the 1990s. Th... Read more
Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has said the Chadema party will continue holding meetings calling for constitutional change despite police arresting its members. Chadema sai... Read more
Zimbabwe’s ruling party has denied reports it intends to ban women and girls from wearing miniskirts and trousers in public places. Zanu-PF national spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo in... Read more
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared on a video link from prison to attend a corruption trial. Mr Zuma faces charges of fraud and racketeering dating back to the 1990s. Th... Read more
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, has described the violent unrest that swept the country over the past week as an assault on democracy. He was speaking on a visit to the worst... Read more
A senior Nigerian army officer has been shot dead by gunmen while travelling from the central city of Lokoja to the capital Abuja. Maj-Gen Hassan Ahmed was attacked in the late hours of Thur... Read more
The only female candidate in Somalia’s presidential election has said if she doesn’t win she’ll have broken the glass ceiling for other women to run. Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam... Read more
A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. The WHO Africa’s immunisation programme manag... Read more
Ethiopia’s media regulator has suspended the licence of Addis Standard newspaper over what it termed as “advancing terrorist group’s agenda”. The newspaper announced... Read more
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