Malian president secures second term, wins runoff election with 67.17% of the vote

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected for a five-year term after winning 67.17 percent of the vote in a runoff, the government announced on Thursday.Opposition challenger and fo…

UPDATED: 22 Sudanese primary school children drown after boat sinks in Nile

Twenty-two children and a teacher have died in Sudan are a boat capsized about 750km (470 miles) north of the capital Khartoum.The boat was crossing a flooded area near the River Nile.Ab el-Khayr Ada…

Paramilitary kills 40 in Ethiopia

At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions.Unres…

Zuma-appointed chief prosecutor ordered to vacate post

South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled on Monday the appointment of the chief prosecutor, who was given his job after former president Jacob Zuma removed his predecessor, is invalid and ordered th…

Mozambique imposes hefty foreign media license fee

Mozambique's government is set to introduce hefty license fees for local and foreign journalists in an apparent attempt to discourage reporting from the country.Foreign correspondents will pay $2,500…

Sudan ruling party chooses Bashir as candidate for 2020

Sudan's ruling party has chosen President Omar al-Bashir to stand for re-election in 2020, state media reported on Friday, even though the constitution allows only two five-year terms.The National Co…

Zambia deports Zimbabwe opposition politician Tendai Biti

Zambian authorities on Thursday deported top Zimbabwe opposition figure Tendai Biti, rejecting his claim for asylum after he fled allegations of inciting post-election protests."As I am speaking to y…

South Sudan rebels granted amnesty

President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in South Sudan's civil war, including his former deputy Riek Machar, as a rights organization said authorities in Africa's youngest country sh…

Court grants bail to Zimbabwe opposition supporters arrested for post-election violence

A court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday freed on bail 27 opposition supporters arrested last week on accusations of fomenting violence in the aftermath of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory over …

Kenya and Tanzania mark 20th anniversary of US embassy bombings

Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday mark 20 years since the devastating US embassy bombings that thrust Al-Qaeda onto the global stage and went on to shape how a generation thinks about personal security.I…

Car explosion leaves thirteen injured in central Cairo

A car exploded in central Cairo on Monday after colliding with a microbus, injuring 13 people, the Egyptian health ministry said.Reuters reporters heard a loud blast in the area and saw a car on the …

Child forced to marry man twice her age tortured to death in revenge killing

A young girl aged between seven and 10 has been tortured to death by the man she was forced to marry. Hameya's body was found on Sunday night in the Afghan province of Badghis. Police spokesman Naqib…

Commonwealth denounces Zimbabwe security's use of excessive force to break up protests - Commonwealth

The Commonwealth's observer mission on Thursday accused Zimbabwe's security services of using excessive force to break up protests in Harare over Monday's presidential election."We categorically deno…

Man shot dead following post-election clashes in Zimbabwe

Protests in Zimbabwe's historic elections turned bloody on Wednesday as a man was shot dead during demonstrations over alleged vote fraud and President Emmerson Mnangagwa appealed for calm.The man di…

Gunmen attack convoy transporting election materials in Mali, 12 killed in shootout

Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying election materials in central Mali, triggering a shootout in which four soldiers and eight attackers were killed, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.The …

Former DR Congo warlord turned opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba returns home for presidential bid

Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba returned home on Wednesday after a decade in prison in The Hague for a presidential run expected to pose a stiff challenge to President Joseph Kabila or …

Kenyan minister under fire over rhino transfer fiasco

Kenya's wildlife minister on Tuesday apologised for telling his critics to "go to hell" as he comes under mounting pressure over the death of 10 rhinos during a botched transfer.Tourism and Wildlife …

Somalia and Eritrea agree to establish diplomatic ties

The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the latest fast-track rapprochement in the Horn of Africa."The tw…

Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe election

Zimbabweans cast their ballots Monday in the country's first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year, with concerns over fraud and the likelihood of a disputed result c…

Five die in DR Congo plane crash

Five people were burnt to death on Friday, after a small passenger aircraft crashed in southern Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Angola, a local official said, giving a provisional t…