Ethiopia prepares to vote as famine stalks Tigray
Ethiopia is preparing to hold crucial and twice-delayed elections across the country on June 21, despite growing concern over... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
US-led war games under way in Morocco near disputed W Sahara
US-led forces are carrying out war games near the disputed region of Western Sahara, in exercises jointly organised with... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in dates
Key dates in the life of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who is scheduled to return home on... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
DRC court cuts jail term for ex-presidential aide
A former presidential aide in the Democratic Republic of Congo who had been sentenced to 20 years in a... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
Zambia’s ex-leader Kaunda, 97, treated for pneumonia
Zambia’s 97-year-old former president Kenneth Kaunda is being treated for pneumonia in hospital and is improving, his aide said... Read more
15 Jun, 2021
Algeria awaits results after voters snub election
Algeria was early on Monday still waiting for the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak... Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Medical team ‘doing everything possible’ to ensure Kaunda recovers
Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted to hospital, his office said on Monday. In... Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Nigeria’s Twitter ban ‘affecting small businesses’
Nigeria’s Twitter ban has reportedly left some businesses in the lurch, as scores of small and medium-sized businesses are... Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda, 97, in hospital, asks for prayers
Zambia’s former president Dr Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted to hospital in Lusaka after feeling unwell, a statement from... Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Zambian leader Lungu collapses after ‘sudden dizziness’
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after he collapsed during a Defence Force Day... Read more
14 Jun, 2021
