Africa
Somali pirates likely behind attempted tanker seizure -US military
An attempted hijacking of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday appears to have been carried out...
Sierra Leone president says calm restored, most leaders of barracks attack detained
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the...
Sierra Leone lifts curfew after breakout from Freetown’s Pademba Road Prison
Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now. Detainees from a number...
Andry Rajoelina: Madagascar president re-elected in contested poll
Madagascar's incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has won a third term, following a disputed election boycotted by the opposition and its...
Comoros president cleared to seek re-election
Comoros' Supreme Court on Thursday approved plans by incumbent President Azali Assoumani to run for another term in a poll...
Oscar Pistorius makes new parole bid 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is making another bid for early release from the South African prison where he is...
Stampede kills 31 people in army recruitment drive in Congo-Brazzaville
Authorities in Brazzaville announced that an unspecified number of other people were also injured in the incident. At least thirty-one...
Niger government asks court to force ECOWAS to lift coup sanctions
Niger’s military government on Tuesday asked West Africa’s Regional Court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country...
SA parliament suspends Malema, other MPs for a month
South African opposition leader Julius Malema and five other MPs from his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party were on Wednesday...
South African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy
South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic...
