President John Dramani Mahama has instructed all metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to comply with constitutional requirements by declaring their assets by 15 July, or face ...

China will negotiate and sign a new economic pact with Africa that will get rid of all tariffs on the 53 African states it has diplomatic ties with, it said, a move that could benefit middle-income ...

A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabaab militants in a 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex, says an africanews report. In January that year ...

A collaborative investigation by international media outlets has uncovered secret prisons run by Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali, where abuse and torture are carried out with impunity, according to ...

Thirty years after the execution of Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eights others sparked global outrage, they have been pardoned by President Bola Tinubu, a decision that has been ...

The UK has refused to grant Economic Freedom Fighter's (EFF) leader Julius Malema from South Africa a visa due to his ‘extremism’, which that country said includes his support for Hamas and a call to ...

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The illicit alcohol industry is booming in SA, and consumers need to be especially careful when buying liquor since they could end up with an illegal product without even realising it. That’s ...

A Tunis court has sentenced exiled former President Moncef Marzouki in absentia to 22 years in prison for offences related to ‘terrorism’, Tunisian media reported on Saturday. According to the New ...

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The Harare Magistrate’s Court has ruled that former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi should stay in prison. Mzembi, who had been in exile in South Africa since 2018, made a surprise return to ...