Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has tweeted the Nigerian flag in what local media have interpreted to be support for the Saturday protests against poor governance and the suspension of the microblo... Read more
Algeria’s ministry of communications says that the accreditation of France 24 has been cancelled. The move comes a day after parliamentary elections were held in Algeria. A government... Read more
A court in Guinea has sentenced an opposition activist to three years in prison for organising protests against President Alpha Condé. Oumar Sylla, known as Foniké Mengué, was found guilty o... Read more
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been announced as the winner for this year’s Pen Pinter Prize. As the winner, she will be speaking at a ceremony hosted by British Library an... Read more
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked those making illegal guns to join a new firearm factory in the country. He said majority of the illegal arms recovered by the country’s... Read more
A South African woman has given birth to 10 babies in what could be a new world record. Gosiame Thamara Sithole’s husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed... Read more
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a new cabinet with 31 ministers and 50 deputies. The list features over 10 female cabinet members. Jessica Alupo, a retired army major, is the... Read more
Nigeria’s Attorney General Abubakar Malami has said he had deactivated his Twitter account eliciting reactions that he may have used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to do that as the s... Read more
Sudan has removed all subsidies for imported fuel, doubling the price of petrol and diesel. The price of petrol will rise from 150 Sudanese pounds ($0.35;£0.25) per litre to 290 pounds while... Read more
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on people accused of inciting violence in English-speaking western Cameroon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was “deeply concern... Read more
Nigeria says it’s in discussions with Twitter, having suspended the social media platform over the weekend. After meeting diplomats, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the governme... Read more
Col Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s junta, has officially been sworn in as the country’s interim president and promised “credible, fair and transparent elections”.... Read more
The two opposition parties in the self-declared republic of Somaliland have won the majority of seats in last week’s parliamentary elections. The Somaliland National Party (Waddani) wo... Read more
This month students in eSwatini demonstrated outside the country’s capital to demand action, alleging that a young man was killed by the police. Thabani Nkomonye’s body was found outside one... Read more
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