Uganda’s outspoken politician and former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was arrested on Thursday and detained by the police.
Police in Uganda on Wednesday clashed with anti-government protesters with police officers firing bullets and teargas into crowds in parts of the country.
Hundreds of supporters of the Kenyan opposition political party, the National Super Alliance (Nasa) on Friday staged another demonstration in parts of the country as they demand changes to the country's electoral commission staff ahead of the October 26 re-run of presidential election.
Authorities at Kenya's University of Nairobi on Tuesday asked students to vacate the institute as they order the closure of the school indefinitely over security concerns.
Police building in Guinea's bauxite mining town of Boke was burnt on Thursday by rioters following a clash with security forces, according to local Red Cross officials.
A mob on Tuesday mistook two men for kidnapping an 11-year-old boy in the Pinetown CBD, west of Durban of South Africa lynching them, according to the police.
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...
