Africa

Libya

Libyan forces 'totally liberate' district of Sirte from ISIL

Forces loyal to the UN-backed government in Libya say they have re-taken a residential neighbourhood from ISIL in Sirte.

29/08/2016

Tunisia

Tunisia's new PM says economy and fighting terrorism are priorities

Tunisia’s new prime minister Youssef Chahed says boosting the economy and fighting terrorism are his priorities, as the country’s unity government officially takes…

29/08/2016

Egypt

Egypt to sharpen laws against Female Genital Mutilation

Egypt announced this weekend it intends to tighten legislation against Female Genital Mutilation, and has published a proposed law that will hit anyone performing the operation with up to seven years

29/08/2016

Libya

Libya: fighters loyal to UN-backed unity government suffer heavy losses in Sirte

Libyan forces are said to have suffered heavy losses in the battle to retake the coastal city of Sirte from ISIL militants.

29/08/2016

Gabon

Both sides claim victory in Gabon presidential election

Supporters of both Gabon’s president and of his chief rival have declared their candidate as the winner of Saturday’s election.

29/08/2016

Libya

Battle for Sirte: fight for city enters final phase

In Libya, militia groups aligned to the UN-brokered unity government are preparing for what they hope will be the final push to oust ISIL from Sirte.

28/08/2016

Tunisia

Tunisia's parliament approves new national unity government

Tunisia’s new national unity government has won a confidence vote as the country’s prime minister warned parliament of an austerity risk.

27/08/2016

Zimbabwe

No 'Arab Spring' in Zimbabwe, Mugabe warns protesters

President Robert Mugabe has warned there will be no ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe after protests against his decades-long rule descended into violence on Friday.

26/08/2016

Sport

Kenya disbands Olympic committee over Rio performance

26/08/2016

South Africa

South Africa court rejects appeal to increase Pistorius sentence

A South African court has dismissed an appeal to increase Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence by state prosecutors.

26/08/2016

Somalia

Al-Shabaab kill ten in Mogadishu restaurant attack

Al-Shabaab militants have killed ten people in a car bomb attack in Somalia.

26/08/2016

Africanews

Zimbabwe minister says illegal protesters will face full wrath of the law

Zimbabwe's home affairs minister, Ignatius Chombo, has warned opposition parties who plan to hold a protest on Friday calling for electoral reforms that any unsanctioned protests would not be tolerate

25/08/2016

Chad

Lake Chad Basin: thousands of children 'in danger of severe acute malnutrition'

UNICEF is describing it as a “major humanitarian crisis.

25/08/2016

Nigeria

Nigeria claims air strikes "kill 300 Boko Haram fighters"

Nigeria's military claims 300 Boko Haram fighters died in a raid on Friday. The impact of the operation is only now becoming clear. Insurgent leader is also believed fatally wounded.

24/08/2016

Sport

Feyisa Lilesa fears for his life after Ethiopian government protest

Ethiopia will not bar runner Feyisa Lilesa from entering the country after he made an anti-government gesture upon finishing second in the Olympic marathon on Sunday, according to a government…

23/08/2016

Libya

Game over for ISIL? Libyan forces closer to capturing Sirte

It has been the most significant stronghold for ISIL outside Syria and Iraq.

23/08/2016

Nigeria

Is he dead? Nigeria's military claims it's fatally wounded Boko Haram leader

If true, it would be a devastating blow to the Islamist militant group.

23/08/2016

Kenya

Kerry pushes for swift deployment of 'protection force' in South Sudan

Visiting Africa, John Kerry has stressed his commitment to tackling renewed violence in South Sudan.

22/08/2016

Mali

Islamic extremist pleads guilty in The Hague

Malian citizen Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi’s trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is a legal first.

22/08/2016

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police beat up activist who offers them flowers

An activist in Zimbabwe offered police flowers as a peace gesture after protests turned violent – only to get the same treatment meted out to others the previous…

18/08/2016

South Sudan

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar in exile in DRC

The United Nations says it intervened on humanitarian grounds to help South Sudan’s former vice president and opposition leader in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of…

18/08/2016

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Zimbabwe police break up anti-government protest

Security forces in Zimbabwe have broken up an anti-government protest in the capital, Harare.

18/08/2016

Zimbabwe

Police break up bank protest in Zimbabwe

Memories are still fresh of 2008 when inflation hit 500 billion percent, wiping out people's pensions and savings.

17/08/2016

South Sudan

South Sudan : one year since peace deal

One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring factions in South…

17/08/2016

Africanews

One in four women raped in South African mining areas, report

A report released on Tuesday by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says one in four women living in South Africa's platinum belt have suffered from rape.

16/08/2016

Zambia

Zambia opposition contest re-election of President Lungu

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has been narrowly re-elected according to official results published on Monday.

16/08/2016