Nearly 150 people have been hospitalised in north-west Algeria after swimming in what’s believed to have been polluted sea water. They were suffering from nausea and vomiting. There... Read more
The Tunisian coastguard has recovered the bodies of 21 migrants after their boat sank off the port of Sfax. Fifty people were saved in a rescue operation carried out on Sunday. It was the se... Read more
South African prosecutors have announced progress in their bid to extradite Indian-born brothers who are accused of being at the centre of a large corruption scandal during Jacob Zuma’... Read more
Lawyers in Nigeria have lodged a claim for $1.2m (£870,000) in damages against the security officers on behalf of a Yoruba separatist militant, Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo. The polic... Read more
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has reconstituted the upper house of parliament, the council of states, in line with the revitalised peace agreement from September 2018. The weekend annou... Read more
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has insinuated that the apartheid government, which he fought against, treated him better than the current one. He told reporters he had alwa... Read more
Foreign dignitaries have arrived in Zambia’s capital for Kenneth Kaunda’s state memorial. The patriarch of African independence died at the age of 97 last month. He succumbed to pneumonia. T... Read more
Police in Uganda have arrested four suspects in connection with the shooting of Transport Minister Katumba Wamala. One of the suspects was killed as he resisted arrest. Police said the suspe... Read more
Moroccan authorities have expelled Belgian lawyer Christophe Marchand who had entered the country to defend whistle-blowing journalist Omar Radi following his arrest on charges of espionage... Read more
Three soldiers in Gabon have been sentenced to 15 years in jail for an attempted coup in 2019, when President Ali Bongo was recovering from a stroke. Lt Kelly Ondo – a commando leader... Read more
A majority decision by South Africa’s highest court to sentence Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail was “judicially emotional and angry and not consistent” with the constitutio... Read more
ent will be assisted in the role by Col Maj Barthélémy Simporé, according to a presidential decree. It comes three days after President Kaboré had asked the opposition to postpone its protes... Read more
Ugandan internet users will from Thursday start paying a 12% excise duty on mobile data. The levy replaces the infamous “social media tax” – an over-the-top (OTT) services... Read more
Burundian human rights activist Germain Rukuki was freed on Wednesday afternoon after spending four years in prison, his lawyer told the BBC Great Lakes. Mr Rukuki was sentenced in 2018 to 3... Read more
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