A coalition of opposition parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) has withdrawn from parliamentary elections after describing the process as a sham. This comes a day after the constitu... Read more

A senator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a petition for the dismissal of speaker Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. Mr Thambwe Mwamba is an ally of former President Joseph Kabila. Senator... Read more

A South African commission investigating corruption during the presidency of Jacob Zuma has faulted his decision not to obey summons to appear before it later this month. The commission, kno... Read more

Zimbabwean opposition activists and a member of parliament have been arrested for using abusive and obscene language against police officers. Police said the trio was arrested on Monday afte... Read more

A gun battle between militant Islamists and Somali security forces at a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, is now over. At least five people were killed in the attack at the Afrik Hotel, which... Read more

A Dutch appeals court has ruled that the Nigerian branch of oil giant Shell is responsible for damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta. The court ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation... Read more

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has asked the country’s media council to “immediately discuss with media who’ve been suspended or banned in the country” so that t... Read more

South Africa’s military has changed its dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear hijabs with their uniforms. It is a victory for Maj Fatima Isaacs, who led a three-year legal battle... Read more

Hundreds of residents in Mozambique’s Buzi District are waiting at the Guara Guara administrative post to be evacuated after their houses were destroyed by Cyclone Eloise. Some residen... Read more

Prosecutors in Finland say a man from Sierra Leone has been charged with crimes against humanity, over his role in Liberia’s civil war two decades ago. Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi is ac... Read more

Soldiers have left the house of the Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. On Monday a Ugandan court ordered the military and police to leave his house. But, as we reported in an ear... Read more

A Ugandan court has ordered the military and police to leave the home of opposition politician Bobi Wine. He has not left his house in the outskirts of the capital Kampala since voting in th... Read more