The son of long-serving Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been named minister in a new cabinet line-up. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso will head the newly created ministry... Read more
Zimbabwe’s justice minister has accused the judiciary of overreach and said it had been “captured” by “foreign forces” in order to destabilise the county. It ca... Read more
Seven members of the Sudan military have been arrested and will be prosecuted in connection with the killing of two demonstrators in the capital, Khartoum, last week,. The head of the interi... Read more
Zimbabwe’s high court has ruled that the president’s extension of the chief justice’s term of office by five years is illegal. A group of lawyers had challenged the move which followed a rec... Read more
Gunmen have attacked and burnt down a police station in Nigeria’s south-eastern Abia state in continuing rising insecurity. Police officials in the state confirmed the attack but denie... Read more
A policeman has died in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as rival Muslim groups clashed over the location of Eid celebrations. The divided community had agreed to m... Read more
Kenya MP Moses Kuria has told the BBC he received a $1,000 (£700) bribe in parliament last year to back the appointment of the majority leader. “It is not unusual for members to get th... Read more
Kenya’s High Court has declared a government-sponsored bill to amend Kenya’s constitution irregular, illegal and unconstitutional. It has also ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta violated th... Read more
Zambia’s parliament has been dissolved exactly 90 days before the upcoming general election. The house held its last sitting on Wednesday and the clerk announced that it would formally... Read more
Nigeria’s new anti-corruption chief on Tuesday announced that $153m (£108m) had been recovered from the country’s former oil minister Diezani Alison Madueke who fled to the UK in... Read more
More than 4,000 people, including leaders from across the continent, have attended President Yoweri Museveni’s swearing in ceremony in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. Mr Museveni won... Read more
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has condemned the bombing of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces and its “violent attacks” against worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.... Read more
Two transgender Cameroonians have been sentenced to five years in prison and fined 200,000 francs ($370; £261) each. Njeukam Loic Midrel, an internet celebrity who is known as Shakiro and Mo... Read more
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is being sworn in on Wednesday for his sixth term. He won re-election in a disputed poll in January. Security has been increased in the capital, Kamp... Read more
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