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The South African ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has accused the largest opposition party of inflaming racial tension with its choice of election posters in an area where more than 30 people were killed during unrest in July. Earlier this week, the Democratic Alliance (DA) put up posters around …

A few days after taking the oath, the head of the coup d’état in Guinea which overthrew former president Alpha Condé appointed a new prime minister. The appointment of Mr Mohamed Béavogui was announced on Wednesday in a decree read on public television. The Guinean presidency has tweeted :“The President …

Two days after being sworn in following his party’s victory in the controversial June election, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced his new cabinet. Three ministerial positions have gone to figures from opposition parties. The leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice party, Berhanu Nega, has been appointed minister …

Nigerian police say it has arrested 20 suspected armed kidnappers in the north-west of the country where abductions for ransom are very frequent. According to the authorities, the abductors arrested belonged to two separate gangs that had mainly operated on major motorways in the region. In a statement Police Spokesperson …

Two Ugandan opposition MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana have applied afresh to be released on bail pending the hearing of a cocktail of  criminal charges slapped against them. The MPs facing four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of terrorism and aiding and abetting of …

The Southern African Development Community (SADC), has agreed to extend the presence of regional troops fighting militants in the northern part of Mozambique. The Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has confirmed the extension on Tuesday at the end of an extraordinary summit which was called to assess the performance of the …

A new health facility has been opened in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, to treat people with mental health problems. The centre is the only one of its kind in the West African nation, which does not have a government facility providing mental health services. Senator Abraham Darius Dillion who funded …

International medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has condemned the killing of Hassan Muhammad, one of its nurses in Zamfara state, in the north-west of Nigeria. The nurse was returning to his work station on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on the public vehicle he was travelling in. Two other …

Furious at the words of French President Emmanuel Macron who describes the Malian government as “military domination”, the Malian foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador to Mali on Tuesday. The foreign ministry said it had summoned the French ambassador to inform him of the authorities’ indignation and disapproval, news …

Islamist militants have kidnapped seven women from a village in the Mozambican northern province of Cabo Delgado, local media reports. Southern African troops launched a rescue mission but they were unable to find the captives. In a separate incident, the insurgents attacked a village in Mueda district, looting food and …