Outcry over emir’s summons prompts U-turn from Nigerian police
Nigerian police have withdrawn a summons issued to one of the country's most respected traditional leaders after it was widely ...
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VP’s arrest ends South Sudan peace deal, his party says
Reuters Machar's senior allies were arrested by security forces earlier this month The detention of South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek ...
Kenya: President’s church donation sparks clashes
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who tried to occupy a church that was recently given ...
Kenya receives 17 rare antelopes from the US
Kenya has received 17 mountain bongos – a very rare type of antelope – from a conservation centre in the ...
Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city
The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on ...
Isabel dos Santos hits out over UK’s ‘dirty money’ sanctions
Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos, once dubbed "Africa's richest woman", has hit out at the UK for imposing sanctions on ...
Music lovers and mighty muscles: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: John Wessels / AFP Models adorned ...
Unknown flu-like disease kills at least 79 people in DR Congo
At least 79 people have died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of ...
Nowhere else on Earth are so many children fleeing war
Mahmoud is a cheeky teenager who beams the biggest of smiles even though he lost his front teeth in the ...
Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, aid chief warns
War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid a proliferation of armed ...
