What African architecture can teach the world
Salt bricks and sweeping mud walls – as recently showcased by some African architects – may be the building blocks…
Senegal election results: Opposition’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye leads race for presidency – reports
Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is leading the race in Senegal’s presidential election, according to local media. Several of the…
Amaechi Muonagor: Nigeria mourns Nollywood comedy titan, dead at 61
Nollywood star and comedy legend Amaechi Muonagor has died aged 61, a relative. He died on Sunday after suffering kidney…
Officials didn’t act on Kenya cult reports – watchdog
Kenyan authorities ignored “credible reports” about a doomsday cult in which more than 400 members were found buried in shallow…
RSF rejects Sudan military’s aid deal with UN
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has rejected an agreement between the country’s military government and UN agencies to…
Spanish and Moroccan police bust helicopter drug gang
Spanish police say they have broken up a gang specialising in night-time helicopter flights to import the drug hashish from…
Zimbabwe newlyweds discover marriage papers invalid
Thousands of newlyweds in Zimbabwe have been suprised to learn that their marriage certificates are not valid. It has emerged…
Stevenage murder: Men jailed for killing fellow Eritrean migrant
A man has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years after murdering another man whose body was found in…
Lack of water increases risk of conflict in Africa – UN
Water scarcity makes countries in Africa especially likely to come into conflict with each other, the UN has warned. The…
Campaigning draws to a close for Senegal election
Presidential candidates in Senegal have been making a final push for votes ahead of Sunday’s election. The last campaign events…
At least 65 migrant bodies found in Libya mass grave, says UN
A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants has been found in Libya, the International Organization for…
South Africa’s deadly love affair with guns
For the last six years Penson Mlotshwa has been carrying a gun with him wherever he goes in the South…
Motorbike militants target Niger soldiers in big ambush
Islamist militants in Niger have killed at least 23 soldiers and injured 17 others during an attack in the north-west…
Museveni names son as army chief in major reshuffle
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the country’s army commander, a move that is…
Ethiopia to resume repatriating citizens from Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia is set to begin the third phase of repatriating 70,000 of its citizens from Saudi Arabia. Ethiopia’s foreign ministry…
Ex-Steinhoff chief Markus Jooste dies of gunshot wound
The former head of the retail group that was at the centre of a huge corporate fraud case in South…
Algerian leader announces early presidential election
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has brought forward the presidential election date by three months. The presidency on Thursday announced that…
SA parliament speaker hands herself in to police – reports
The speaker of South Africa’s parliament has turned herself in to the police amid an ongoing corruption investigation against her,…
Botswana leader calls anti-hunting ban ‘colonial conquest’
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has criticised proposed legislation in Britain to ban the import of trophies from hunted endangered animals,…
Rwanda receives dozens of refugees from Libya
Rwanda has received 91 refugees and asylum seekers from Libya under a programme supported by the UN’s refugee agency, African…