Countries Tunisia president fires foreign minister Tunis – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country’s top diplomat – the fourth minister to lose... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Countries At least 20 killed in second day of Somaliland clashes Mogadishu – Heavy fighting in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland continued into a second day on Tuesday, leaving at... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Countries UN revises toll from DRC’s Kishishe massacre to 171 Kinshasa – M23 rebels killed at least 171 civilians during a massacre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Countries WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa ‘is not going to have it easy on Thursday’, says NFP Cape Town – The National Freedom Party (NFP) has announced its intentions to disrupt President Cyril Ramaphosa when he delivers... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
congo Congo general ends jail term over ‘assassination bid’ Brazzaville – A general once close to Congo’s veteran hardline president Denis Sassou Nguesso has left jail after serving... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries ‘He doesn’t have that thing though’ – Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile reacts to Paul Mashatile being sworn in as MP Cape Town – After the newly appointed ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile was sworn in as a Member of... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Burkina Faso Death toll in Burkina Faso jihadist attack rises to 25 Ouagadougou – At least 25 people, most of them civilians, were killed in a weekend attack by suspected jihadists... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries Russia’s Sergei Lavrov visits Mali in sign of deepening ties Bamako – Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Mali early on Tuesday for talks with its junta leaders... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries Tunisia launches probe into decade-old political killings Tunis – Tunisia’s justice ministry said on Monday it had set up a special commission to examine files relating... Read more 7 Feb, 2023
Countries Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies and Freedom C. Onuoha, University of Nigeria Violence is a perennial feature of... Read more 7 Feb, 2023