Kenya crisis deepens as vote delay petition goes unheard
Kenya plunged deeper into crisis on Wednesday as a shortage of judges scuppered an eleventh-hour petition to delay a presidential election and the governor of
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Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy after outrage -statement
By Stephanie Nebehay Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday following an
Choice of Mugabe as goodwill WHO envoy shocks, baffles
By Stephanie Nebehay The appointment of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been denounced by human
Egg-sized diamond for sale: proceeds to benefit Sierra Leone’s poorest
Sierra Leone will auction one of the world’s largest diamonds to fund development projects in the impoverished community where it was found, the group managing
Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300
More than 300 people died after twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and
Car bombs kill at least 22 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu (Update)
Two car bombs in separate parts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 22 people on Saturday and injured several others, police said. The first explosion
Kenya vote in balance as crisis deepens after Odinga quits
Kenya lurched deeper into political crisis on Wednesday as a court ruling and a parliamentary vote appeared to ease Uhuru Kenyatta’s path to a second term as
Kenyan opposition leader withdraws from repeat presidential poll
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday he would not stand in a court-ordered re-run of August’s presidential election that is scheduled for Oct
Ghana fuel site blast kills at least 7, injures dozens (update)
At least seven people were killed and dozens injured, mostly suffering burns, after a huge explosion at a fuel distribution site in Ghana’s capital, local
Kenyan police fire teargas at opposition protesters in capital
Police on Monday fired teargas at opposition supporters in the Kenyan capital Nairobi who were calling for the sacking of officials they blame for last
Rescued migrants say lucky to dodge Libyan coastal clampdown
Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean last week said they had been lucky to dodge increased sea and police patrols along the Western coast of Libya that have
Is your chocolate bar fuelling deforestation in West Africa?
Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fuelling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests. Well-known brands,
Kenya’s supreme court calls for new presidential vote
Kenya’s Supreme Court on Friday nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win citing irregularities and ordered a new poll within 60 days, a rare move in
Kenya imposes world’s toughest law against plastic bags
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Monday, as the world’s
White South African farmers guilty in ‘coffin assault’
Two white South Africans who were filmed forcing a wailing black man into a coffin were found guilty on Friday of kidnap, assault and attempted
In economic crisis, Angola votes for first new leader in 38 years
Angolans headed to the polls on Wednesday in a parliamentary election expected to usher in the ruling party’s defence minister as the first new leader
Grace Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe after South Africa assault allegation
Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe returned from South Africa early on Sunday, state media reported, after a 20-year-old model accused her of assault in an
Hundreds likely dead in Sierra Leone mudslide (Updated)
By Christo Johnson Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed when a mudslide struck the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on
Eleven dead in Kenya as post-election riots flare (Update)
Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western
Kenyatta re-elected president, Kenya opposition rejects result
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta secured a second term in office, the election commission announced on Friday, but the opposition rejected the result saying the process was