Mozambique’s justice ministry has suspended the entire management of a women’s prison after the country’s anti-corruption body found that inmates were being forced into pros... Read more
A video from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has been published, confirming the death of its leader, Abubakar Shekau. Last month, a rival faction claimed Shekau had been killed during... Read more
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and and First Vice-President Riek Machar have instructed government agencies to speed up the graduation of army recruits. The two leaders discusse... Read more
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return home, 10 years after he was taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity. Mr Gbagbo... Read more
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that there is a risk of the country descending into chaos and civil war and blamed loyalists of the former administration. He said the... Read more
Algeria’s ruling party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), has won most seats in last Saturday’s parliamentary election, which saw a low turnout of 23%. The FLN grabbed 105 out... Read more
Two soldiers in Equatorial Guinea have been charged with homicide and negligence in a military court following explosions in March at a munitions depot in Bata city that left 107 people dead... Read more
Nigeria’s government holds Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey indirectly liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSars protest, the country’s information minister has told a cal... Read more
Customers with Mozambique’s mobile company TMcel will not be able to phone people using the Vodacom network from Thursday because of an unpaid debt of about $9.6m (£6.8m). Vodacom, the domin... Read more
Criticism that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is only interested in going after Africans was part of a “propaganda” campaign by those who wanted to discredit the court, its outgoing... Read more
The president of Zambia Edgar Lungu fainted on Sunday during the country’s televised official annual ceremony for the National Defence Forces Day — which was immediately interrupted followin... Read more
An Egyptian court has upheld the death penalty for 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including two senior officials of the organisation. The court of cassation has reduced the sentencing... Read more
Zambia’s founding father Kenneth Kaunda is in a “serious but stable condition”, a source close to the former president has told the BBC. The 97-year-old, who served as pres... Read more
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after collapsing while attending a public event. He was presiding over the national defence day on Sunday when... Read more
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