Benin troops kill four gunmen near border
Lagos – Benin forces have clashed with gunmen near the country’s northern border with Burkina Faso leaving four attackers... Read more
yesterday
Teodoro Obiang Nguema wins sixth term as Equatorial Guinea ruler
Libreville – Equatorial Guinea’s ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been re-elected to a sixth term as president with... Read more
yesterday
Ivory Coast’s ‘street general’ Ble Goude returns after acquittal
Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence in Ivory Coast 11 years ago, returned to... Read more
yesterday
Officer, another soldier in DRC militia attack
Beni – Militia fighters killed a lieutenant colonel and another soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s deeply troubled... Read more
yesterday
How to impeach a president: Ramaphosa case puts new rules to the test in South Africa
Richard Calland, University of Cape Town South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over... Read more
yesterday
SA parties protest parole for anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani’s killer
Johannesburg – South Africa’s ruling party protested outside a top court Saturday after it ordered the release of a... Read more
yesterday
Chad to try 401 people over deadly protests
N’Djamena – Chad is to try 401 people detained during and after deadly anti-government protests last month, prosecutors said... Read more
26 Nov
Aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘not matching needs’, says WFP
Addis Ababa – The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said aid deliveries into Tigray were “not matching the... Read more
26 Nov
Guinea parties boycott junta talks on return to civilian rule
Conakry – Guinea’s main political parties boycotted talks with military-dominated authorities on conditions for a return to civilian rule... Read more
25 Nov
Ivory Coast’s Ble Goude says he wants to make low-key return
Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence that swept Ivory Coast 11 years ago, wants... Read more
25 Nov
