'Gun battle' leaves one dead in Cameroon

One civilian has been killed and five others injured following gunfire in the Cameroonian city of Bamenda.The fatality was a separatist fighter, a source at the state-run Bamenda Regional Hospital sa…

Three protesters killed by Gambian police

Three people have reportedly now died in The Gambia after police shot them while they were protesting against pollution.Bakary Kujabi and Ismaila Bah died on Monday, while Amadou Nyang, 24, died in h…

Zambia copper mine dump collapses, 10 miners killed

At least 10 miner have been killed in Zambia following the the collapse of mining waste dump site, police said on Wednesday.The incident which happened in Zambia's second biggest city, Kitwe, the cou…

Eritrea to send delegation to Ethiopia for talks on border dispute

Eritrea's President Isaias Aferweki has announced plans to send a delegation to its long-standing rival, Ethiopia, to begin talks to resolve a bitter border dispute that has lasted for 16 years.He ma…

South Sudan's Kiir, Machar to meet on Wednesday in Addis Ababa

South Sudan President Salva Kiir will meet with rebel leader Riek Machar in Ethiopia's capital on Wednesday in their first face-to-face in nearly two years, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday."The…

Central Africa says Boris Becker's diplomatic passport is 'fake'

The Central African Republic (CAR) said on Tuesday that a diplomatic passport that tennis star Boris Becker claims entitles him to immunity in bankruptcy proceedings in Britain "is a fake.""The diplo…

Attacks in northern Mozambique kill 39 since May: report

Attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique, where huge gas reserves are being developed, have killed at least 39 people and displaced more than 1,000 since May, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday…

Torture is our act of terrorism, Ethiopia Prime Minister tells parliament

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused the country's security institutions of carrying out acts of terrorism by wrongfully imprisoning and torturing people.Mr Abiy, who was sworn in two mon…

Police in Mozambique debunks social media reports of 'terrorist' attack

Panic spread through the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Wednesday as reports of terrorists storming a supermarket emerged on social media.According to the posts, the group of armed men - possib…

Two killed in knife attack at South Africa mosque

Two people were stabbed to death on Thursday at a mosque in South Africa's Malmesbury in the Western Cape before the attacker was shot dead by police.The attack comes a month after three knife-wieldi…

South Africa lifts state of disaster over drought

The South African government said Wednesday that the national state of disaster it declared in March over a drought that ravaged parts of the country had lapsed after significant rainfall.The three-y…

Uganda's Ex-police chief denies reports of his arrest

Former police chief Kale Kayihura has come forward to deny he has been arrested amid conflicting - and confusing - reports.Reports of his arrest began to circulate on Tuesday, shocking some Ugandans,…

Uganda's president, police vow crackdown after killing of MP

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the country's police chief have vowed a crackdown on crime after a ruling-party lawmaker was shot dead last week by men on motorbikes.At the funeral on Monday of…

South Africa's public protector calls Western Cape Premier's tweet "unconstitutional" and "disrepectful"

A tweet by about colonialism by a premier in South Africa has been found to be in violation of the constitution by the country's Public Protector. In 2017, Western Cape Premier Ms. Helen Zille tweete…

Lawyers for DR Congo's Bemba pushing for his release

Lawyers representing Democratic Republic of Congo politician Jean-Pierre Bemba will today ask judges at the International Criminal Court ( ICC) for his immediate release, news agency AFP reports.An a…

South Africa beer company apologises for sexist adverts

A Johannesburg-based beer company has apologised for the name of its new range of craft beers which have been deemed sexist, TimesLive reports.Vale Bru ran the marketing campaign for Filthy Brunette?…

South Africa's Zuma makes second court appearance on corruption charges, trial adjourned

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, appeared at the Durban High Court on Friday for the second time on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billio…

UN sanctions for people traffickers in Libya in global first

The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on six leaders of human trafficking networks operating in Libya - the first time traffickers have been put on an international sanctions list.The blackli…

Security services' head reshuffled by Ethiopia's prime minister

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced the heads of two branches of the security services as he presses ahead with wide-ranging political and economic reforms.Sworn in as premier of the Horn o…

Ten people killed as domestic flight crashes in Kenya

Eight passengers and two pilots were killed when a scheduled domestic flight to Kenya's capital Nairobi crashed into a mountain late on Tuesday, a senior government official said on Thursday.The sing…