A fugitive Zambian lawmaker with a bounty on his head has been arrested in..
Kenya’s Catholic Church has rejected a donation of about $40,000 (£32,000) made by President..
Mozambique's government has banned protests following sustained post-election unrest that has left several people..
The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered..
Civil servants caught having sex in their offices will face "severe measures", the vice-president..
Zimbabwe's government has banned "with immediate effect" police officers from using mobile phones while..
Nigeria's president has ordered the immediate release of a group of young people accused..
A lighting strike at a refugee camp in Uganda has killed 13 children and..
Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of him slapping..
Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been released without charge after being..
Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time..
The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul..
The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to..
South African prosecutors say they will not pursue criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa..
Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become..
Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist and a politician, has made history by becoming Mexico's first..
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen..
Actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has..