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Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is visiting hospitals to check up on people who were injured by the police during […]

The Bank of Zambia has confirmed a cyber security breach that compromised its official Facebook page, which saw hackers replace […]

The former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has been apprehended by the Office of the Special […]

A controversial Kenyan televangelist, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has been acquitted of child-trafficking charges due to insufficient evidence. […]

A man has been shot dead during protests in the Kenyan town of Emali, some 100km (62 miles) from the […]

Eyebrows were raised in the Nigerian city of Lagos at the grand arrival in the city on Tuesday evening of […]

The South African presidency has warned people against scammers using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name to defraud the public. It said […]

A prominent Tunisian journalist has been arrested on charges of insulting President Kais Said. A judge ordered the detention of […]

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 people suspected of collaborating with Islamist militants believed to have attacked a school […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has addressed the country’s parliament virtually, and continued to challenge social media reports that he was […]

It’s thought that dozens of people may have drowned and many others are missing after the boat carrying them down […]

Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive. A hospital doctor […]

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister, has died aged 86. The former leader had been suffering from a rare […]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni tweeted on Sunday night that he was still self-isolating. The social media statement followed rumours that […]

A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial. The Hague-based International […]

Uganda’s Ghetto Kids have thanked fans for their unwavering support despite their missing out on the top prize in Britain’s […]

One of the surviving sons of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is reported to have gone on hunger strike […]

Nigerian police have rescued six pregnant women after busting a suspected “baby factory” in Rivers state, local media report. Police […]