Former South African President Jacob Zuma's corruption case adjourned

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma appeared at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s, but a judge adjourned th…

Arab gunmen shut down Mali's Timbuktu community

Armed protesters from Mali's Arab community fired shots into the air, burned tyres and torched vehicles in Timbuktu on Wednesday, bringing the desert city to a standstill days before an election seen…

India plans to open 18 embassies in Africa

India's Prime Minister Narenda Modi has revealed plans to establish 18 new embassies across Africa.Modi made the announcement during a speech in the Ugandan parliament, signalling his country's deter…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill 18 in Chad

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed 18 farmers and kidnapped nine women in western Chad, authorities said, part of a wave of violence that has spread from neighbouring Nigeria across the region.Go…

Libya stops migrants including Nigerians from crossing to Europe

Libyan coastguard has intercepted 156 migrants, including Nigerians, in two separate incidents as they tried to reach Europe by sea, the Navy said.?Navy spokesman Ayoub Qasim said that Libyan coastgu…

Malian troops killed 11 jihadists who had ambushed them in the centre of the country, in clashes that also left one soldier dead, the defence ministry said.Armed Tuareg groups supporting the governme…

South Africa government offers compensation for Marikana mine killings

The South African government has offered relatives of miners killed in the 2012 Marikana massacre the sum of 100m rand ($7.4m; ?5.7m) in compensation.Police shot dead 34 miners on strike over wages, …

Kenyan woman gets death sentence for boyfriend's murder

A Kenyan woman dubbed the "prison beauty queen" by Kenya's media has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing her boyfriend.Ruth Kamande was arrested and charged with the murder for stabbing he…

South Africa's ruling party official to be prosecuted over 'pig cruelty'

A senior member of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) will be privately prosecuted on charges of animal cruelty after dozens of animals and birds allegedly died of hunger on her…

China has donated 6.86 million euros ($7.95 million) to Cameroon's army to boost its "peacekeeping and security operations", state radio reported Thursday.The donation was made on Wednesday by China'…

Ethiopia and Eritrea take huge steps in peace process - reports

More steps are being taken by former enemy states, Ethiopia and Eritrea, towards reconciliation of both nations following the unprecedented peace deal signed by both leaders about a fortnight ago.Eth…

Macron security official filmed hitting protester

One of President Emmanuel Macron's top security officers was at the centre of a potentially damaging scandal for the French leader on Thursday after being filmed hitting a protester.Le Monde newspape…

South Sudan's president says he will accept peace deal

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said he is ready to accept a peace deal to end a civil war and set up an inclusive new government.The deal being negotiated in Sudan would give the country five vic…

Ethiopia resumes commercial flights to Eritrea after 20 years

Just just over a week after former enemies -Ethiopia and Eritrea- signed a peace declaration, commercial flights between the countries has resumed with the inaugural flight taking off at about 9.30am…

Gunmen kill 14 civilians in northeast Mali village

Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in northeastern Mali, a local official said on Monday, amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants that threatens to…

Congolese music star Kofi Olomide barred from performing in Zambia

Popular rhumba musician Koffi Olomide has been barred from entering Zambia because of the many criminal allegations against him in the southern African country, and France.They include allegations of…

Former US president Barack Obama in Kenya to launch youth centre

Former US president Barack Obama paid a visit to his extended family in Kenya Monday, on his first trip to the country since 2015 during which he will open a youth centre.Obama arrived in his father'…

Cameroon minister ambushed in restive region, 'assailants killed'

A convoy transporting Cameroonian Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo was ambushed in the country's restive anglophone region, leaving several attackers dead, state radio said Friday.Four soldiers an…

Uganda lawmakers to be protect by sharpshooters and armored trucks

As part of effort to ensure the security of its lawmakers, Uganda is deploying military escorts and buying armored trucks for each of its more than 400 legislators.The decision has been criticised as…

Plane crashes just outside South African city of Pretoria.

South African Civil Aviation experts are still at the scene of a charter plane crash which claimed the life of one person and left at least 19 others injured, some in critical condition.Two workers i…