Politics

Swazi protesters, police clash in anti-monarch riots

Swazi protesters clashed violently with police last week at a demonstration against the ruling authorities in Africa’s last absolute... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

Politics

DRC city wakes up to a curfew after weekend bombs

DRC city of Beni woke up to a curfew on Monday after three bombs rocked the conflict-plagued eastern part... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

Politics

Home to Mama: 1 000s greet I Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in native village

Laurent Gbagbo, the controversial former president of Ivory Coast, received a hero’s welcome, as he made a triumphant return... Read more

28 Jun, 2021

Politics

6 Malian soldiers killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate attacks

  Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more

27 Jun, 2021

Politics

Three MSF aid workers ‘brutally murdered’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray

  One Spanish and two Ethiopian employees of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been “brutally murdered”... Read more

27 Jun, 2021

Politics

Senegalese MPs pass contested anti-terror laws

Senegalese lawmakers on Friday approved new anti-terror laws that the opposition said would define “seriously disturbing public order” as... Read more

26 Jun, 2021

Coronavirus

Attacks on Sahpra ‘disappointing’, minister says after EFF protest

  The acting minister of health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has taken a swipe at political parties that are critical of... Read more

26 Jun, 2021

Politics

World powers in new push for Libya peace

World powers gathered on Wednesday in Berlin to seek lasting peace in Libya by ensuring the conflict-wracked North African... Read more

25 Jun, 2021

News

Military strike on Ethiopia’s Tigray market kills dozens of innocent people

  Ethiopia’s army spokesperson said on Thursday that a military airstrike on a market in the country’s war-torn Tigray... Read more

25 Jun, 2021

News

Mozambique insurgency: Filipe Nyusi thanks SADC leaders for support

Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency, as military and security sources said... Read more

24 Jun, 2021