Vigil held in Kenya for protesters killed by police
A vigil has been held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for more than 30 people whom rights groups say lost their…
A vigil has been held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for more than 30 people whom rights groups say lost their…
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has issued a defiant message on Twitter after soldiers announced a coup overnight in the West…
The US has imposed sanctions on three top officials of Mali’s junta for their alleged involvement with the Wagner Group…
More than 40,000 children who have fled fighting in Sudan to South Sudan since April are now unable to attend…
Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, joining a long list of African countries that have done so…
Nigeria’s once-powerful central bank chief has been charged with illegally owning a shotgun and hundreds of cartridges, marking a spectacular…
Doctors in Nigeria’s public hospitals have started a “total and indefinite strike” over what they described as the failure of…
Kenya’s President William Ruto says he is ready to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga amid the recent cost-of-living protests. Dozens…
Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has denounced US sanctions on the defence minister, air force chief of staff and…
At the Women’s World Cup Spain are playing Zambia. The score is currently Spain 2-0 Zambia. Victory for Spain will…
Nigeria’s Nobel Prize winning author Wole Soyinka has defended Afrobeats star Davido over a music video he shared on social…
Zambia players are in tears as they lose to Spain at the Women’s World Cup. The full-time score is Spain…
The UK government has been sharply criticised by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) for under-estimating the dangerous growth of…
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is visiting hospitals to check up on people who were injured by the police during…
More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece and thousands have been evacuated as Mediterranean wildfires threaten…
Nigerian Nobel-Prize winning writer Wole Soyinka has defended Afrobeats star Davido over a controversial music video which offended some Muslims.…
Soldiers in Niger have blockaded the presidential palace, as well as several ministries in the capital, Niamey, according to reports.…
The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says they will continue to fight in African countries where they…
Tunisia and the EU have signed a deal to tackle “irregular” migration – meaning those moving in breach of rules.…
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a fire in a poor neighbourhood of the South African port city of…