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
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
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