This weekend's crucial presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed.
Presidential candidates for the election were called into a meeting on...
Togo is holding parliamentary elections on Thursday amid tension and a boycott from 14 opposition political parties.
Preparations for the legislative elections have been overshadowed...
An arrest warrant has been issued for Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe. South Africa issued the warrant over an alleged assault case involving...
Voting is underway in Madagascar's presidential run-off poll between two former heads of state. Wednesday's vote will decide who becomes the country's next leader.
Andry...
The police and army in Zimbabwe have been indicted for killing six people shortly after the July general election.
The security agencies were accused of...
Twenty-one young boys have died in South Africa while participating in the traditional circumcision and initiation into manhood ritual.
The rite—Ulwaluko— ancient initiation is practised...
A notorious underground prison in Somalia, where the government held suspected extremists and journalists has been closed.
The closure comes amid allegations of abuses against...
Key opposition figures in Comoros have been handed down life sentences with hard labour. They were sentenced on Saturday by a security court.
The opposition...
Leaders of countries within the Lake Chad Basin territory have vowed to end the insurgency of terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Presidents of Nigeria, Niger and...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
