‘You see skeletons’ – South Africa’s deadly border
Many migrants risk all to reach South Africa, where their presence has become a hot election issue.
THURSDAY, 18 APRIL 2024, 09:26
Many migrants risk all to reach South Africa, where their presence has become a hot election issue.
Togo’s government on Wednesday delayed April 20 legislative elections until an unspecified later date, shortly after lawmakers approved highly contested constitutional reform.
Uganda’s constitutional court refused on Wednesday to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions.
Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needed $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry.
The speaker has been accused of soliciting bribes during her time as defence minister, which she denies.
The SADC mission shows how difficult and costly it is to launch and run a large scale military operation, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and supporting the operation
Cameroon’s football federation expresses its “great astonishment” after the country’s sports ministry appoints Marc Brys.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.
Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, officially became Senegal’s president on Tuesday – and immediately promised to unite the continent and put his country back on the right track.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday for his third term as leader of the Arab world’s most populous nation.
The 12-year-old married the 63-year-old traditional high priest in an elaborate customary ceremony.
Sudanese football club Al Hilal will play in the Tanzanian league after civil war disrupted the domestic game in the country.
More than 80 political parties and civil groups in Mali joined together to issue statements calling for a presidential election “as soon as possible” ending transitional military rule.
Community leaders say critics do not understand their customs but there are calls for an investigation.
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Some of their rescued daughters have chosen to stay married to their abductors, with government approval.
Largely Christian Kenya has struggled to regulate unscrupulous churches and cults
Valerie Lolomari is determined to help other victims of FGM after spending years living in shame.
The country’s the last major constitutional change was in 1992
The incoming head of state has promised the country profound change and left-wing pan-Africanism