Members of parliament in Kenya have started the process of removing the country's deputy president from office. Those who back...
Read moreTwo leaders of Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party are among 14 members who were briefly detained on Monday, as police...
Read moreAn elaborate attack by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Mali’s capital this week killed some 70 people, diplomatic and security...
Read moreGabon's deposed President Ali Bongo has announced he will quit politics a year after he was toppled from power by...
Read moreRescuers in Sierra Leone are continuing to search for more survivors after a seven-storey building collapsed in the capital Freetown,...
Read moreThe Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe...
Read moreA transfer of authority parade has been held, at which a change of command took place between Commanding Officers (COs)...
Read moreThe prison population in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in a week following the mass early release of...
Read moreHundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport as workers strike in protest at a planned takeover by...
Read moreThe former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who killed her by setting her on fire, has himself died...
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