Eswatini votes for parliament under absolute monarchy
Voting is under way in parliamentary elections in Eswatini, where King Mswati III continues to rule as Africa’s last absolute…
Rwandan president appoints accused general as minister
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed a senior military official as a minister of state for regional cooperation despite the…
Kenya confident its police will end Haiti gang war
Kenya says it is confident the deployment of hundreds of its police to Haiti by January will end gang warfare…
Nigeria unions call indefinite strike over living costs
Nigeria’s two largest labour unions have declared an indefinite strike to begin next Tuesday in protest over the way the…
Uganda suspends 11 staff over fake gorilla permits
Uganda’s wildlife authority has suspended 11 of its employees over the suspected sale of fake gorilla permits. The government agency,…
Deaths and destruction in SA’s Western Cape storm
Several people are said to have died in the aftermath of a storm in South Africa’s Western Cape province over…
Tanzania culls five million invasive quelea birds
More than five million invasive quelea birds have been killed in a mass cull in Tanzania, the authorities have said…
Uproar over proposal to lengthen Kenya president’s term
A senator who belongs to the ruling coalition in Kenya has proposed an extension of presidential term limits from the…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court fire reached judge’s office
A fire that broke out at Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday reached a justice’s office, it has emerged. Part of…
Libya mayor arrested over floods that killed thousands
The mayor of Derna, a Libyan city devastated by intense flooding, has been arrested in connection with the disaster, officials…
Kenya issues shoot to kill order against criminals
Kenya’s security minister, Kithure Kindiki, has issued a shoot to kill order against criminals who target law enforcement officers in…
South Africa: Charges after children fall ill from ‘drug muffins’
Two men face multiple charges of attempted murder in South Africa after around 90 children fell ill from eating drug-laced…
Tunisia arrests cartoonist for drawings mocking PM
The Tunisian journalists’ union has condemned the authorities for arresting a popular cartoonist. It called for the immediate release of…
Somalia asks UN to delay withdrawal of AU forces
Somalia is seeking a delay in the withdrawal of African Union peacekeeping forces in the country. The country has asked…
Gunmen abduct female students in north-west Nigeria
An unspecified number of female students have been abducted by gunmen from a Nigerian university in north-west Zamfara state. The…
US contractor charged with spying for Ethiopia
An Ethiopian-born US contractor who worked at the State and Justice departments has been arrested and charged with sending classified…
Gillian Malouw: South Africa’s first female submarine navigator dies
South Africa’s first female submarine navigator, Lt Cdr Gillian Malouw, was among the three officers who died at sea on…
South Africa to clear Covid lockdown criminal records
South Africa’s parliament has passed a bill which would expunge criminal records for those convicted of breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws.…
Rwandan serial killer who hid bodies in kitchen pleads guilty
A Rwandan man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including the murder of 12 women and two men, in a…
Morocco to spend $12bn on earthquake recovery
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has said that the country will spend 120bn dirhams ($11.6bn; £9.4bn) to rebuild the regions destroyed…