Africa

Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, are fighting for the chance to lead the East African powerhouse as it grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.

Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes

August 6, 2022

LGBT refugees living in Kenya stand behind a rainbow flag as they protest against their treatment by authorities, outside an office of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Nairobi on May 17, 2019.

Uganda suspends operations of charity championing LGBT rights

August 6, 2022

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has given an insight into why his administration was unable to implement recommendations contained in the report of the 2014 National Conference, which his administration commissioned.

Kenya elections: Goodluck Jonathan leads observation mission

August 6, 2022

Senegal president’s coalition loses absolute majority in parliament

August 4, 2022

A group of farmworkers in the northwestern town of Saluzzo, Piedmont region, Italy has announced a strike on Thursday to demand more rights and protest against the death of a migrant worker, Moussa Dembele who died last month.

Italy: Migrants protest death of African farmworker

August 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir is seen at the opening session of parliament in Juba

South Sudan extends transitional government by two years

August 4, 2022

“Macky Sall wants to confiscate our victory but we will not accept it,” opposition leader Ousmane Sonko of the coalition Yewwi Askane Wi (YAW) said at a news conference.

Senegal opposition leader asks supporters to defend their votes by any means

August 4, 2022

Mali’s supreme court last week issued warrants against former finance ministers Boubou Cisse and Mamadou Igor Diarra and ex-defence minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly.

Mali ex-ministers reject graft allegations

August 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg

South Africa reports first death causally linked to coronavirus vaccine

August 4, 2022

UK bans US-based consultancy over corruption scandal in South Africa

August 3, 2022

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DR Congo expels UN peacekeeping mission spokesman after protests

August 3, 2022

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EU, US envoys urge Ethiopia to restore services in Tigray

August 2, 2022

Police arrest over 80 in connection with gang rape in South Africa

August 2, 2022

Both the governing coalition and the main opposition in Senegal have claimed victory in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Rivals claim Senegal election victory

August 2, 2022

Residents angry at the high cost of basic services barricaded roads with burning tyres and set ablaze a municipal building in Thembisa township northeast of the financial hub Johannesburg.

South Africa: Two killed during protest over high cost of electricity

August 1, 2022