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Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time in six weeks amid speculation about […]

The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, following rumours of his death. […]

The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at […]

South African prosecutors say they will not pursue criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa in relation to the controversial farm […]

Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this […]

Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist and a politician, has made history by becoming Mexico’s first female president. This milestone marks a […]

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc. He became head […]

Actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89, […]

Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been […]

Eswatini’s main opposition leader has been poisoned as part of an assassination attempt and is being treated in hospital, his […]

Thousands of supporters of Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been protesting nationwide to demand an […]

Rescuers in Sierra Leone are continuing to search for more survivors after a seven-storey building collapsed in the capital Freetown, […]

Former President Donald Trump is safe following an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course, and a “potential suspect” […]

Former Botswana President Ian Khama appeared before the Gaborone Regional Magistrates Court following warrants of his arrest issued in December […]

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Cissoko Embalo announced he will not seek a second term in the upcoming November elections. Elected in […]

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian […]

The 21-year-old daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is marrying the Eswatini king for love, a spokesman for […]

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been injured in the leg in a confrontation with a policeman, but his party […]