Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of a group of men accused of gang raping a young woman in a luxury hotel in 2014. They cited insufficient evidence to sustain a trial. They also... Read more
A 33-year-old Zimbabwean national has appeared before a court in South Africa in connection will the illegal possession of gold with as estimated value of 11m rand ($785,500; £555,500). Tash... Read more
A boat carrying around 100 people has capsized in the central Nigerian state of Niger. Officials say 28 bodies have been recovered so far while 65 passengers have been rescued by divers. The... Read more
Gunmen have abducted some 40 worshippers from a mosque during overnight Ramadan prayers in the town of Jibiya, police in the north-western Nigerian state of Katsina say. The incident happene... Read more
At least eight people including a Burundian army official were killed on Sunday night along the Bujumbura-Gitega road around Muramvya area. Local media outlets are reporting it as an ambush... Read more
Kenya’s health ministry plans to redistribute at least 200,000 doses of unused Covid-19 vaccines. The country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe says the vaccines would be taken to c... Read more
The Kenyan police authorities are investigating a case of a female police officer complaining about mistreatment and sexual harassment, in a video shared widely. In the video, the... Read more
The authorities in Algeria have decreed that weekly protests will be barred if they do not have prior approval. The Friday mass demonstrations began in February 2019 and toppled the long-ter... Read more
The UN says more than 100 former peacekeepers from Ethiopia have sought international protection and have applied for asylum in Sudan. They had been part of the recently closed UN mission in... Read more
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, paving the way for the appointment of MPs from opposing sides in the country’s five-year civil war. Activists and civ... Read more
The military in Chad has claimed victory against northern rebels following weeks of fighting. The conflict against Libya-based rebels threw the country into a crisis when President Idriss Dé... Read more
Tanzania’s south-western city of Mbeya is running out of condoms, councillors have warned – according to the country’s Mwananchi newspaper. The issue was reportedly raised at a me... Read more
The Zulu Queen, Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, who died unexpectedly last week, has been buried in a private ceremony in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. She was appointed regent of the... Read more
The officials of Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of Congo have impeached Governor Zoe Kabila – a younger of former President Joseph Kabila. The impeachment motion was su... Read more
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