Africa
Political and human rights groups have criticised the sentencing of prominent Tunisian activist and opposition figure Chaima Issa by a military court. The court on Wednesday handed Issa a one-year suspended prison sentence for offending Tunisia's President Kais Saied. She was also found guilty of spreading rumours to harm public security and inciting soldiers to ...
Guinea-Bissau's president says heavy gunfire that broke out in the capital on Friday was an attempted coup. He had been out of the country at the time, attending ...
The military ruler of Niger, Gen Abdourahamane Tiani, is in Mali on his first international trip since seizing power in July. Niger's neighbours - Mali and Burkina Faso ...
These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. ...
Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week’s runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just over a percentage point. ...
Rejecting a high-profile policy meant to help deal with migration, the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ...
Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, authorities said Sunday. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million ...
Morocco called, on Monday before the African Union's Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) in Addis Ababa, for supporting peace, security and development efforts in Gabon and Niger for ...
The military government in Niger says it has foiled an attempt by the deposed former President, Mohamed Bazoum, to escape from custody. The former president attempted to flee in the night with his family, cooks and security, a military spokesman said. There were plans for the group to fly out on helicopters but the plan ...
The hospital blast in Gaza which has killed hundreds of people, including many children, has prompted anger in several African countries. In Tunisia, pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the ...
