Police in Kenya have arrested three senior medical officers for allegedly running a child-trafficking syndicate following a BBC investigation into the theft and sale of babies. BBC Africa Ey... Read more
Ugandan opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested while on the campaign trail He was arrested in Luuka distrct, east of the countr... Read more
Delegates to the just-concluded South Sudan’s national dialogue conference have recommended that the two parliaments should have powers to impeach the president and vice-president and... Read more
Amnesty international has called for the immediate release of Ivory Coast’s opposition leader, Pascal Affi N’guessan, and others who were arrested days after the constitutional court c... Read more
Kenya’s anti-corruption commission has opened an inquiry on claims of unethical conduct by Education Minister George Magoha. Mr Magoha was filmed last week publicly giving a senior edu... Read more
Guinea’s main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, has lodged an appeal at the constitutional court to overturn the results of last month’s presidential election. His lawyer... Read more
The opposition in Ivory Coast says it is creating a transitional government after it boycotted a presidential election on Saturday over President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to stand... Read more
he electoral commission in Ivory Coast says President Alassane Ouattara has won a third term, securing just over 94% of the votes in Saturday’s election, that the opposition boycotted.... Read more
Uganda’s electoral commission has cleared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to begin official campaigns for the elections scheduled for January 2021. Mr Museveni has ruled the countr... Read more
A Malawian pastor based in South Africa, Shephard Bushiri, and his wife Mary are to remain in police custody after they were arrested over money laundering. The self-proclaimed prophet and h... Read more
A Kenyan lawyer has surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) five years after it issued a warrant for his arrest, relating to post-election violence in Kenya. The court had char... Read more
Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has denied links to gold smuggling and challenged police to produce “any incriminating evidence” against her. The first lady also... Read more
Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election. Freeman Mbowe was detained, along with two other Chadema leaders, for planning... Read more
Vote counting is under way in Ivory Coast, following a presidential election that was boycotted by the opposition. At least 14 people have been killed since riots broke out in August after P... Read more
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