A man arrested in Johannesburg on Friday who is suspected of murdering his wife and two daughters in Britain bought an unlicensed gun, possibly to kill himself, South African police said. Ndodan...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned public gatherings in four provinces, including the capital, Kinshasa, as the country battles a deadly Ebola outbreak. The ban comes ahead of a planned...
Workers stayed home, shops were shut, and buses sat idle across South Africa on Tuesday, as fears mounted that planned anti-immigrant marches would descend into violence. Many foreigners from Af...
Kenyan prosecutors say they are preparing to charge several students with the murder of their schoolmates following a suspected school arson attack last month. Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, ...
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters rallying on Monday against plans to build on part of a national park in Kenya’s capital. Officers moved in and arrested at le...
The United States has imposed sanctions on commanders of armed groups it accused of driving the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has continued despite mediation e...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Cotonou to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration of Romuald Wadagni as the President of the Republic of Benin. S...
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. The President also dissolved the government, in a move that risks deepening uncertainty in a country grappling w...
Mali’s Defence Minister, General Sadio Camara. has been killed during coordinated attacks on military sites nationwide. The news on Sunday came the day after his residence in the garrison town of Ka...
Gunmen have attacked Mali’s capital, Bamako, and several locations across the country, says Mali’s army in an apparently coordinated assault involving multiple groups. Two loud explosions and s...
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of firearm-related offences linked to a 2018 political rally. The leader of the Econom...
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Saturday claimed a landslide victory in an election that secured his sixth straight term in office, strategically placed in the Horn of Africa nation. Gue...
