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Gunmen have killed at least 22 civilians in northwest Burkina Faso, in their latest deadly attack in an area marred by militant activities. The killings happened a day after 12 people were murdered at…

New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a UN Human Rights Council probe reported on Monday. The research identified persistent, severe human rights violations in the nation that…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. There were four confirmed cases and one…

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali and Burkina Faso. Mali’s sanctions were lifted after its military rulers…

The government of Ghana says it will begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic programmes as part of efforts to hasten the country’s recovery from challenges caused by the…

The chief executive of South Africa’s state power utility Eskom, Andre de Ruyter, said on Friday that he had briefed President Cyril Ramaphosa on an ongoing electricity crisis. Eskom has implemented the worst…

Kenyan investigators said Wednesday they arrested a would-be MP for impersonating a police officer after she appeared in full regalia on a television programme where she talked about law and order. The woman,…

Twenty-one young people found dead in an East London tavern in South Africa over the weekend may have died by poisoning from a gas leak, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday. The deaths of the…

Ghana is in the throes of an economic meltdown with spiralling inflation and the people who could bear it no more trooped to the streets on Tuesday. Hundreds of Ghanaians joined an authorised two-day protest…

Moroccan authorities have begun prosecuting 65 migrants who joined Friday’s mass attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla by storming a border post. The stampede led to the death of at least 23…

South African mourners expressed anger and despair on Monday at the death of 21…

At least 22 people have been found dead in a popular nightclub in East London, South Africa. Early on Sunday morning, the police and paramedics were called to respond to the emergency which occurred at…

Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima has denied allegations of corruption contained in a report about a $150m (£125m) corruption scandal involving government contracts. He accused the Anti-Corruption Bureau…

South Africa has repealed COVID-19 rules that made masks mandatory in indoor public spaces, limited the size of gatherings and imposed entry requirements at its borders, the health minister said on…

France announced on Wednesday that soldiers from its operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa had captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior Islamic State figure in Mali. The French Armed…

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced on Friday that petroleum pump prices for diesel and petrol in Rwanda had reached record-high levels despite government subsidies to cushion consumers. The new…

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) called for the swift extradition from the United Arab Emirates of Rajesh and Atul Gupta to face the allegations against them in South Africa. The brothers who were…

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has never stolen money from the state or anyone in light of accusations made against him by former spy boss Arthur Fraser. Speaking at the Limpopo 10th provincial conference,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met African Union leaders on Friday as the Kremlin said that Moscow was not to blame for the growing food crisis affecting the continent. State TV showed Putin greeting Senegalese…

A judge in South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s petition requesting the removal of the lead prosecutor from his arms deal corruption trial. Zuma, ousted in 2018…

The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a Maryland mansion purchased by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb. The mansion cost about…

The Gambian government said Wednesday it is willing to prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for a “myriad of crimes” committed by the regime during his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said in…

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has confirmed that 11 newborn babies died in a horrible fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital. The hospital is in the town of Tivaouane, around 120 km (74.56 miles) east of…

Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging properties, a government official said…