Kenya has deported opposition supporter and lawyer, Miguna Miguna, following his role in the unofficial swearing-in of opposition leader Raila…
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ‘critically ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family…
Ethiopia opposition politicians jailed
Four opposition politicians in Ethiopia have been given six-month jail sentences for contempt of court after refusing to stand up…
Zimbabwe former vice-president ‘attacked’
Former Zimbabwean vice-president Joice Mujuru has been attacked while holding a political rally, her party says. The opposition National People’s…
Five migrants shot in Calais mass brawl
At least five migrants have been shot during a mass brawl between Afghans and Eritreans in the French port city…
Relief as trapped South African miners are freed
All 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa have been safely brought back to the surface. They had…
Banned Kenyan TV stations win reprieve
Kenya’s High Court has suspended the government’s shutdown of three of the country’s largest private TV channels. KTN, NTV, and…
UN alarmed by rise in DR Congo refugees
The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR says it is alarmed by an escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic…
Kenya’s Raila Odinga ‘inaugurates’ himself as president
Kenya’s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has declared himself the “people’s president” at a controversial “swearing-in” ceremony in the capital.…
Bruno Mars grabs all the Grammys
Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar stole the show, and most of the awards, at the 2018 Grammys. Mars provided the…
Taliban kill 40 with ambulance bomb
A suicide bombing has killed at least 40 people and injured 140 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul,…
Mugabe to get lucrative retirement package
Zimbabwe’s long-time leader Robert Mugabe will be “left in peace” with a “lucrative” retirement package, his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa has…