Angola opposition files legal challenge against vote
Angola’s biggest opposition party, Unita, says it has filed a legal challenge against the results of last week’s election. The…
Sierra Leone begins voter registration this weekend
Sierra Leone’s electoral body is set to begin a new voter registration exercise this weekend where all eligible voters are…
Odinga of Kenya glued to TV as lawyers argue case
Lawyers for the loser of Kenya’s 9 August presidential elections are arguing his petition opposing the results at the Supreme…
Violence against women: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president
Argentina’s vice-president has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman’s weapon jammed as he aimed at her. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner…
Basketball can overtake football in Nigeria, says NBA Africa vice president
Basketball can overcome off-court problems that have “plagued” the game to supplant football as the number one sport in Nigeria,…
Malawi ex-election commissioner handed prison term
A former member of Malawi’s electoral commission has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for failing to give way…
South Africa court stops Shell from off-shore oil search
In a major victory for environmentalists and coastal communities, a South African court has revoked oil giant Shell’s permit to…
Mali army killed 50 civilians in April – UN
The UN says that at least 50 Malian civilians were killed in an army operation on 19 April, aided by…
Rebels accuse Ethiopia of ‘massive’ Tigray offensiv
Forces in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have accused the government and its allies from neighbouring Eritrea of launching “massive…
Prince Charles to name gorillas in Rwanda event
Prince Charles will on Friday name baby gorillas at Rwanda’s annual conservation event Kwita Izina. This is a flagship event…
South Africa is not xenophobic – Ramaphosa
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the country is “not a xenophobic nation”. His remarks follows comments made by…
Pictures: South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal celebrate new Zulu king
And we leave you with this picture of pupils and education officials in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province wearing traditional attire…
Liberia asks Oman to halt visas for domestic jobs
The Liberian government has requested authorities in the Arabian country of Oman to immediately halt issuing visas to Liberians seeking…
South Sudan first unified forces to graduate
South Sudan is set for the graduation of its first batch of unified forces in the country – the national…
Somali minister and US commander hold security talks
Somali Defence Minister Abdikadir Mohamed Nur and the visiting commander of the US Africa Command (Africom), General Michael Langley discussed…
CAR top court blocks crypto-for-citizenship plan
A plan by the government of the Central African Republic to allow foreigners to acquire citizenship and land using a…
UN says aid delivery to Tigray suspended
The UN says efforts to deliver humanitarian aid in the embattled northern Ethiopian region of Tigray have been suspended after…
Anne Wafula Strike on journey from Kenyan outcast to wheelchair racer
Now a disability rights campaigner after competing in wheelchair racing at the Paralympics, she was shunned by locals in her…
Nigeria enrols Boko Haram child victims to school
A seven-judge bench has begun hearing petitions seeking to overturn the election of William Ruto as Kenya’s president elect. Led…
Kenya fashion: The designers giving Nairobi a fashionable name
It is an overcast afternoon in Kenya’s capital city and two tailors are using sewing machines to join, hem and…