Ugandan Minister Katumba Wamala has said “things could have been worse” while speaking about Monday’s assassination attempt. He said the officer escorting him shot back at... Read more

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that his government would not tolerate any action promoting crime and insurrection in the country. In a major reaction to the rising wave of at... Read more

The leader of a Western Saharan separatist group has left a hospital in Spain and is flying back to Algeria, a spokesman for the group said. The move comes after a judge in Madrid turned dow... Read more

The head of an Islamic school in Nigeria where some students were abducted on Sunday has told the BBC that 136 students, including five of his own children, are missing. Three teachers are a... Read more

A judge in Madrid has turned down a request by prosecutors to detain an African separatist leader who’s been accused of torture and genocide connected with Spain’s former colony... Read more

Ethiopia’s prime minister’s office has said a recording, appearing to be Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed saying he would rather die than hand over power, is fake. The audio clip was pu... Read more

The daughter of Uganda’s Transport Minister Gen Katumba Wamala and his driver have died from injuries sustained after the shooting. The two were in the vehicle with the minister when i... Read more

Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo is set to return to the country this month, weeks after he was acquitted by the International Criminal Court. The secretary general to his... Read more

The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, Brahim Ghali, is due to appear before a Spanish court to answer allegations of torture and genocide. The head of the Polisario Fro... Read more

Uganda’s Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala has been shot and injured by unknown gunmen near his home in the capital Kampala. Eyewitnesses say the gunmen were riding on a motorc... Read more

Mali’s military rulers are poised to remain firmly in charge of the conflict-hit nation following a feeble response by the west African regional bloc, Ecowas, over its second coup in le... Read more

Turkish security services have detained a nephew of exiled cleric Fetullah Gulen overseas and brought him back to Turkey, local media have announced. Selahaddin Gulen has been accused of bel... Read more

Police in Zambia have started arresting members of the resident doctors association after their leaders announced a strike on Friday. The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) is dem... Read more

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has arrived in Kenya for a two-day visit. This is Mr Ndayishimiye’s sixth foreign visit in less than a year in power. His predecessor, the late... Read more