2019-01-25 07:59
Protests raged across Sudanese cities on Thursday and another demonstrator died in the most widespread rallies of anti-government unrest that began last month. The 24-year-old man died from… Read More
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2019-01-25 05:47
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in as Congo’s president
Thursday, marking the country’s first peaceful transfer of power since
independence from Belgium nearly 60 ye… Read More
2019-01-24 06:37
With less than 24 hours left in his rule, Congo’s President Joseph
Kabila on Wednesday urged the nation to “massively” support incoming
leader Felix Tshisekedi after a disp… Read More
2019-01-24 06:22
Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has died. He passed away this afternoon at the Avenues Hospital in Harare. He was 66.Mtukudzi has been battling ill health for quite some time and had… Read More
2019-01-22 07:35
Ex-footballers Efe Sodje, 46, and Stephen Sodje, 43, and ex-rugby player Bright Sodje, 52, were found guilty and jailed for the fraud in 2017.The case can only be reported now following the… Read More
2019-01-22 07:19
Luigi Di Maio, Italy’s deputy prime minister, blamed France for creating poverty in Africa, thereby causing people to migrate to Europe. Italy’s new government has frequently cla… Read More
2019-01-22 06:47
The inauguration of Felix Tshisekedi as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo planned for Tuesday has been postponed, may now happen on Thursday.Government spokesman Lambert Mend… Read More
2019-01-21 10:01
South Africa has disclosed that it turned down a request from Zimbabwe for an emergency loan of $1.2bn (£932m) in December. Treasury spokesman Jabulani Sikhakhane said South Afric… Read More
2019-01-21 09:46
Two African presidents have congratulated Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi for winning last month’s presidential poll, this follows the backing of Congo… Read More
2019-01-21 09:22
Ten U.N. peacekeepers from Chad were killed and at least 25 were wounded while repelling an attack by armed assailants near a village in northern Mali on Sunday, the West African nation&rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-01-21 09:12
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Sunday at several hundred protesters and chased them down side streets, a Reuters witness said, as anti-government protests entered their second mo… Read More
2019-01-21 08:58
Chad and Israel have renewed diplomatic ties in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as “a partnership… to forge a prosperous and secure future for our c… Read More
2019-01-18 17:12
The government has said three people died during the unrest that broke out on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa raised fuel prices by 150 percent. Lawyers and activists say the toll… Read More
2019-01-18 16:57
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected a call from the African Union (AU) for the announcement of the presidential election results to be suspended. The AU has… Read More
2019-01-17 09:50
Zimbabwean doctors said on Thursday they had treated nearly 70 people for gunshot wounds while police rounded up hundreds after violent protests this week triggered by a steep rise in fuel p… Read More
2019-01-17 09:01
A Canadian man was kidnapped in an area of Burkina Faso that the government has warned is under growing threat from jihadist attacks, the African country’s top security official said o… Read More
2019-01-17 08:05
The International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday rejected a prosecution request to extend the custody of former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal on charges of crimes… Read More
2019-01-17 07:51
Scores of Zimbabwean civilians including a prominent activist were detained and charged with public violence on Wednesday and others were beaten, lawyers and witnesses said, pointing to a he… Read More
2019-01-16 07:58
Tunisia’s government and its powerful workers’ union have failed to reach a deal to raise the wages for about 670,000 civil servants, officials said, making a nationwide strike t… Read More
2019-01-16 07:43
Congo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal against the presidential election results lodged by opposition candidate Martin Fayulu.Lawyers represented both Fayulu a… Read More
2019-01-16 07:30
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest mobile operator, said on Wednesday its internet services had been cut off following an order from the government amid deadly protests in… Read More
2019-01-16 06:36
Kenyan police say there is still “an active security operation” Wednesday in and around the luxury hotel and shopping complex attacked by Islamic extremist gunmen.Sporadic gunfir… Read More
2019-01-15 21:21
Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and sending workers diving under desks from an attack claimed by Somali… Read More
2019-01-15 20:39
The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo of war crimes on Tuesday and ordered his immediate release to the joy of dancing supporters and frustration of… Read More
2019-01-15 07:53
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo will hear from the International Criminal Court on Tuesday if he will be freed after seven years behind bars on charges of crimes against humanity… Read More
2019-01-15 07:47
Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) insurgents overran the town of Rann in northeastern Nigeria on Monday evening, security sources said, a blow to President Buhari’s efforts to defeat th… Read More
2019-01-15 07:39
President Ali Bongo returned to Gabon on Monday after a three-month medical leave during which a coup attempt was thwarted, according to two government sources. His return comes a week… Read More
2019-01-15 07:34
Violent fighting between Chadian rebels and rebels of Sudanese origin have been reported in Kouri Bougoudi, in the far north of Chad.The Sudanese rebel movement JEM arrived in the region wit… Read More
2019-01-15 07:15
Russian diamond giant Alrosa has set up a subsidiary in Zimbabwe to begin mining operations there, it said on Monday, more than two years after it shelved plans to expand into the southern A… Read More
2019-01-15 06:38
Protesters in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country’s main route to the sea to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, organizers said on M… Read More
2019-01-15 06:26
Defiant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that ongoing protests will not lead to a change in government, as he addressed a rally of cheering supporters in war-torn Darfur.“… Read More
2019-01-14 09:48
Commuters have been stranded in Zimbabwe’s two main cities as angry protesters reacted to a more than doubling by blocking buses from carrying passengers, reports AFP news agency.&ldqu&hell…Read More
2019-01-12 10:26
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, who has been out of the country for two months recovering from a stroke, named a new prime minister on Saturday in an apparent effort to shore up his polit… Read More
2019-01-12 09:56
Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in the next 12 months, the country’s Finance Minister said, as a shortage of U.S. dollars plunges the financial system into disarray, forcing bus… Read More
2019-01-12 09:12
Parties supporting outgoing Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila won a majority in long-delayed legislative elections, according to an AFP tally of results released Saturday… Read More
2019-01-12 09:01
Twelve civilians were killed on Thursday during a jihadist attack in the north of Burkina Faso, which has been battling a wave of Islamist violence, officials said Friday.The west African co… Read More
2019-01-12 08:48
A British man was jailed on Friday for orchestrating a massive cyber attack against Lonestar MTN a telecommunications company in Liberia two years ago.Daniel Kaye, 30, was sentenced to 32 mo… Read More
2019-01-11 07:38
The sleepy town of Schweizer-Reneke in the North West of South Africa is on tenterhooks after a picture showing black and white pupils sitting separately according to race in a Grade R class… Read More
2019-01-11 06:33
Congo’s Catholic Church, one of the country’s most respected institutions, challenged Thursday’s official results from the presidential election, suggesting its tally did n… Read More
2019-01-11 06:14
Three people have appeared in court in Zimbabwe, accused of stealing a suitcase containing $150,000 (£117,600) of cash from the country’s ousted president, Robert Mugabe.The susp… Read More
2019-01-10 09:22
The newly crowned winner of Miss Algeria beauty pageant has hit back at critics who have hurled racial abuse at her because of her skin colour. “I will not back down because of th… Read More
2019-01-10 08:36
The United Nations voiced alarm on Wednesday at the uprooting of more than 30,000 Nigerians forced to flee the protracted war against Islamist insurgents in the country’s northeast.&nb&hell…Read More
2019-01-10 07:40
Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission on Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of last month’s presidential election, but the run… Read More
2019-01-09 07:36
Madagascar’s top court on Tuesday proclaimed former leader Andry Rajoelina winner of a hard-fought presidential vote, rejecting his rival’s accusations of fraud. High Consti… Read More
2019-01-08 07:54
Paris Saint-Germain’s 18-year-old United States forward Timothy Weah has joined Scottish champions Celtic on a six-month loan deal, the Glasgow club announced on Monday. Weah, the… Read More
2019-01-08 07:36
An armed group attacked and killed seven people on Sunday in Northern Mozambique, reports Mozambique based O Pais newspaper. The newspaper goes on to say that the attackers opened… Read More
2019-01-08 07:20
The Canadian government is treating the disappearance of a woman from Quebec and her Italian friend in Burkina Faso as a kidnapping, media reports say.Edith Blais, 34, and Luca Tacchetto, 30… Read More
2019-01-08 07:02
Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been killed, the president’s office says. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the nationa… Read More
2019-01-07 09:52
Preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election will be delayed past Sunday’s deadline, the head of the election commission has said.The commission… Read More
2019-01-07 08:50
Words coming from those loyal to the government states that the situation is under control and some of the mutineers have been arrested.Gabon’s minister of communication has told BBC N… Read More
2019-01-04 07:53
The Supreme Court in Senegal has rejected the final appeal by the imprisoned former mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, against a corruption sentence – one day before presidential election c… Read More
2019-01-04 07:13
The Catholic church in Congo announced Thursday its data show a clear
winner in Sunday’s presidential election, and it called on the
electoral commission to publish the true results in… Read More
2019-01-03 10:38
The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says initial results from the country’s presidential election could be delayed beyond Sunday’s deadline. The com… Read More
2019-01-03 10:29
Two militants blew themselves up on Thursday following an exchange of fire with Tunisian security forces in the city of Jilma, 250 km (156 miles) south of the capital Tunis, the interior min… Read More
2019-01-03 10:17
Mining companies operating in Zambia have failed to show how higher taxes introduced this year will affect their profitability despite objecting to the new framework, a senior government off… Read More
2019-01-03 10:06
Boko Haram jihadists have raided at least three military posts and overpowered troops in the latest attacks in northeast Nigeria, sources said WednesdayFighters from the IS-affiliated Islami… Read More
2019-01-03 09:37
Thirteen civilians have been killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso, the government said on Wednesday, echoing a rise in inter-communal conflicts in neighbouring Mali linked to Is… Read More
2019-01-03 09:18
Election monitors from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have said the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election “went relatively well&r&hell…Read More
2019-01-02 09:25
Somalia’s government has ordered the top United Nations official in the country to leave, accusing him of interfering with national sovereignty days after he raised concerns about the… Read More
2019-01-02 09:20
Management of South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg says disciplinary hearings will be held on Thursday for two security company employees filmed taking a bribe… Read More
2019-01-02 09:15
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, saying that intentionally at… Read More
2019-01-02 08:12
Mali’s government said that armed men attacked a central village, killing 37 civilians, in what appeared to be ethnic violence.State television broadcast a government announcement that… Read More
2018-12-31 17:20
The internet has been shut down in key cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo a day after the much-delayed presidential election.Opposition candidate Martin Fayulu’s campaign team… Read More
2018-12-31 17:01
Burkina Faso has declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces, a government spokesman said on Monday, as Islamist groups intensify attacks in areas bordering Mali. Securi… Read More
2018-12-31 08:09
A dual Swiss-Spanish national has been arrested in Morocco for alleged involvement in the killings of two Scandinavian tourists. The man, who has not been named, was detained in Marrake… Read More
2018-12-31 07:44
DR Congo’s election officials began counting ballots Sunday evening, although many polling stations stayed open into the night to make up for lengthy delays in voting.Numerous problem… Read More
2018-12-28 07:58
Former athlete Oscar Pistorius, who still has to serve at least five years behind bars for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, is trying to offer meaning and hope to fellow prisoners by… Read More
2018-12-28 07:39
Ravalomanana and the man who ousted him in a 2009 coup, Rajoelina — had previously said they would accept the outcome of the vote, raising hopes of a peaceful outcome and no repeat of… Read More
2018-12-28 07:28
A Chadian armed group attacked a military camp of forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in southern Libya on Thursday, killing one fighter, a local official and a spokesman for Haftar said… Read More
2018-12-28 07:15
Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, the west African country’s security ministry said.“The toll is 10 officer… Read More
2018-12-28 06:43
Parts of Congo where there are fears of a widespread Ebola outbreak will not be able to vote until March. The area is also a stronghold of support for the opposition to longtime strongman Jo… Read More
2018-12-27 10:21
French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana. His death in 1994 was a trigger of t… Read More
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