Africa

A high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered the provisional release of Vital Kamerhe, former chief of staff to president Felix Tshisekedi, his lawyer said on Monday. Mr Kamerhe has been serving a 13-year sentence for embezzling $48 million in public funds. He started his sentence last …

A Kenyan police officer has shot dead his wife and five other people and then killed himself in Kabete town outside the capital Nairobi. Police constable Benson Imbasi is said to have asked his wife to close her shop and the couple went home where neighbours heard shots being fired …

The Ethiopian government says the federal troops have retaken the strategic towns of Dessie and Bombolcha seized last month by Tigrayan fighters. The federal authorities say they’ve made significant advances against the Tigrayans in recent days. The leader of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) says his forces have withdrawn …

Police in Nigeria say they are investigating the death of eight children, boys and girls found dead in an abandoned car in the country’s biggest city, Lagos, BBC News reported. The bodies of the children, aged between four and six years, had been taken to a mortuary and an autopsy …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country is preparing for more hospital admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in the country. President Ramaphosa says the number of daily infections has increased five- fold over the last week and has urged South Africans to get …

At least three children, including two brothers and their sister, died in a building collapse in Egypt, local media have reported. Three other siblings were also hurt. Six more injured people were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed two-storey apartment building in the province of Beni Suef. Read also: …

A Rwandan court has sentenced to five years in prison, the former director of Kigali’s main prison, Innocent Kayumba for stealing money from a British inmate. Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday evening alongside his former deputy Eric Ntakirutimana, has appealed against the judgement, a court document shows. The …

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers have been killed in a clash between them and jihadists in the southwest of the country, a government official announced on Sunday. The official said dozens of militants had also been killed. Read also: Gambia: Adama Barrow declared winner for a second term Militants linked …

Nigeria is now added to the British travel red list as the new coronavirus variant Omicron is wreaking havoc in the west african country. Britain has imposed strict testing and quarantine restrictions on people wishing to enter the country. Southern African countries have already been added to the travel red …

The Gambian Election Commission has declared incumbent President Adama Barrow winner of Saturday’s election with 53% of the vote while his rival Ousainou Darboe holds 28%. The results of the vote, seen as test for democracy, have been rejected by Mr Darboe and other candidates earlier who say the elections …