Tanzania’s vice president resigns in less than a year
Tanzania’s vice president has resigned less than a year into the job and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has accepted the resignation, a government spokesperson said, without citing a reason...
Africa
Son of Uganda’s president says he will run for president in 2031
Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the country’s long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, said he would run for president in 2031. Kainerugaba, 52, has lo...
Zambia votes in election expected to favour incumbent Hichilema
Zambians went to the polls on Thursday, 13 August 2026, in a general election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic gains since a pandemic-era debt crisis are enough to secu...
South Africa mine dump collapse kills 14 illegal miners
At least 14 suspected illegal miners were killed and eight injured when a mine dump collapsed in South Africa’s North West province on Monday night, police said. Search and rescue opera...
UK murder suspect bought gun in South Africa, possibly to kill himself, police say
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...
Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak
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...
South African cities shuttered ahead of anti-migrant protests
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...
Kenya to charge students with murder over deadly school fire
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, ...
Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex chief justice at national park protest
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...
US imposes sanctions on commanders over fighting in eastern Congo
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...
Shettima departs Abuja to represent Tinubu at Wadagni’s inauguration as President of the Benin Republic
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 Faye sacks PM Sonko
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...
