Nigeria Watch: Chaos in Nigerian Senate as 'hoodlums' steal mace in packed chamber Three men have been filmed bursting into a packed Senate in Nigeria and stealing a symbolic mace. 19/04/2018
Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe refuses to resign as Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has defied expectations and refused to resign as Zimbabwe's President despite the ruling ZANU-PF party removing him as its leader hours earlier. 19/11/2017
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe protests as pressure piles on veteran leader All the main pillars of Robert Mugabe's decades-long rule now either oppose him or have deserted him 18/11/2017
Zimbabwe Smiles but no breakthrough in Mugabe mediation Zimbabwe's veteran leader is reportedly refusing to step down despite a military takeover 17/11/2017
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s 'fall from Grace' "One way or another, his power has obviously come to an end." 16/11/2017
Zimbabwe WHO chief 'rethinks' naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador It follows a global outcry over the appointment 21/10/2017
world news Liberian elections: Former footballer George Weah leads in provisional first-round results Former footballer George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai will most likely face each other in the second round of voting in the Liberian elections 14/10/2017
Angola Polls close in Angola election Polls have closed in Angola’s era-ending general election, as the man who has ruled the country since independence is standing down as 23/08/2017
Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected as Kenya's president Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected and will serve a second and final five-year term as president. 11/08/2017
Kenya Several die in election violence in Kenya Violence erupts in opposition strongholds in Nairobi as counting continues from Tuesday's election 09/08/2017
South Africa South Africa: Secret ballot puts Zuma fate in balance MPs are having their say anonymously in a no-confidence motion in the president 08/08/2017
World "The development of Africa will be done only by Africans," Guinea's president states Alpha Condé calls for a new era of self-reliance to drive development and end poverty in the continent. 15/04/2017
South Africa South Africa: Zuma not stressed by protests calling for him to quit South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has said he is not stressed by calls for him to quit, hours after more than 30,000 people marched in the country’s capital… 12/04/2017
South Africa ANC rallies behind embattled Zuma as calls for him to quit grow South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has been backed by his ruling ANC amid growing calls for him to step down. 05/04/2017
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
the global conversation Burkina Faso's president on growth, military reform and the fight against terrorism 12/04/2016
Uganda Opposition leader detained on Uganda election day Opposition leader Kizza Besigye was briefly detained on polling day in Uganda as the government shut down social media sites, reportedly due to 19/02/2016
Uganda Violence and vote rigging threatens Ugandan ballot Uganda prepares to go the polls with incumbant president Yoweri Museveni seeking a fifth term in office. 17/02/2016
Egypt African leaders sign pact to create 'Cape to Cairo' free trade bloc African leaders have signed a agreement in Egypt to create a new free-trade zone stretching from Cairo to Cape Town. The Tripartite Free Trade Area 10/06/2015
