Rand crashes after US accused SA of arming Russia
The South African rand crashed on Thursday minutes after the US ambassador accused the country of providing weapons and ammunition…
Key Ugandan highway cut off by floods
A major highway leading out of Uganda’s capital Kampala to the south-west of the country has been cut off after…
EAC urges DR Congo leader to respect regional force mandate
The East African Community (EAC) has urged Democratic Republic of Congo’s leader to respect regional states’ move to deploy forces…
Mali army, foreign forces accused of killing 500 villagers
UN human rights investigators say Malian troops and foreign military personnel killed more than 500 people in a village in…
One of Kenya’s oldest lions speared to death
One of the oldest lions in Kenya has died at the age of 19, authorities have said. The male lion,…
South Africa gave weapons to Russia – US diplomat
The US has accused South Africa of supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia last December, despite its claim that is…
Man arrested in Mozambique over severed head
A man has been arrested in Mozambique’s central Sofala province for being in possession of a man’s head and genitals,…
Tanzania opens landmark bone marrow transplant unit
Tanzania has opened its first bone marrow transplant centre in the capital, Dodoma. According to the director of Benjamin Mkapa…
Guinea police fire tear gas at anti-junta protesters
Riot police in Guinea have clashed with anti-junta protesters, firing tear gas in the capital, Conakry. Groups of young people…
Zimbabwe U-turn over medical purchase information ban
Zimbabwe’s president has withdrawn an information ban on how the state procures medical and other supplies. It followed an outcry…
Guinea frees activists after deadly protests
The authorities in Guinea have released three civil society activists who had spent between four and 10 months in prison.…
Court bars Nigeria regulator from penalising TV stations
A court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has barred the media regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), from imposing fines…
UN due to hold emergency session on Sudan
The UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session in Geneva on Thursday, to discuss the ongoing conflict in…
Ethiopia issues mobile money licence to Kenya’s Safaricom
Ethiopia has issued Kenya’s telecom giant Safaricom a licence to operate mobile money services, the first foreign firm to get…
Nine die, 80 ill in unknown northern Kenya outbreak
At least nine people have died and more than 80 others hospitalised from a mysterious disease in northern Kenya’s Marsabit…
SA defends spelling on banknotes amid complaints
The South African Reserve Bank is standing by its decision to change the spelling of Xitsonga text on banknotes, amid…
Namibia bans tattoos on prison officers – report
Namibian prisons authorities have banned recruitment of persons with visible tattoos as part of efforts to protect prisons’ image, a…
Gambian students accuse schools of veil discrimination
Female Muslim students from five schools in The Gambia have taken legal action against their schools at the high court…
Nigeria Benin Bronzes: Buhari declaration ‘blindsides’ museum officials
Nigeria’s outgoing president has issued a declaration over the Benin Bronzes that could have significant consequences in the campaign for…
Tunisia recovers 14 migrant bodies off coast
The Tunisian authorities have recovered 14 bodies of migrants off the coast of the country in the last 24 hours.…