Africa
Africa
Grace Mugabe seeks diplomatic immunity in South Africa where she's under investigation for allegedly assaulting 20-year-old female model with extension chord
18 dead after gunmen on motorcycles fire randomly on café popular with expatriates in Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, al-Qaeda affiliates suspected to have carried out attack
Zimbabwe plans building USD 1 billion Robert Gabriel Mugabe University to honor President's "indelible mark in the development of the country's education system"
Hundreds of Nigerians storm Niger Delta crude oil flow station owned by Shell demanding jobs and infrastructure development, army sends reinforcements after protesters said planned two weeks stay at facility
The majority of Boko Haram's suicide attacks are performed by women and children, an increase occurred immediately after the kidnapping of 276 young female students at Chibok
Boko Haram kills 31 fishermen in Nigera in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad, fishing ban on Nigerian side of lake recently lifted, similar attack carried out in 2014
Algerian women defy Islamists who demand that they wear burkinis, get targeted by online campaign in which photographs are posted of females in two-piece swimming costumes
Congo-Kinshasa seeks to prevent exchange of images via social media as opposition grows to President Kabila, clashes between anti-government milita and security forces kill at least 14
Paul Kagame re-elected as Rwandian president with 99% of votes in turnout topping 90%, thus enters third presidential period made possible by constitutional change approved by 98% of voters
251 killed in Democratic Republic of Congo between March and June in what UN calls ethnic massacre, new apparently government-backed militia group Bana Mura behind 150 of the murders
South African opposition parties ask for secret vote on motion of no confidence in president Zuma, are convinced more than the 50 ANC MPs required will vote in favor
Dozens of alleged Boko Haram suspects died in Cameroon secret custody at military base also used by American and French troops, 101 tortured between 2013 and 2017, according to Amnesty International
Uganda plans changing constitution to remove 75 year presidential candidate age limit, current president Museveni will be 77 years old in 2021 election, constitution was changed in 2005 to allow Museveni a third term
Nigeria investigates reports that Cameroonian paramilitary unit killed 97 Nigerian fishermen in Bakassi peninsula after enforcing fishing levy
Nigerian finance minister says country must continue borrowing to fund 2017 budget, record budget planned to spend way out of recession
Not possible to hold presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo later this year according to electoral commission head Corneille Nangaa, opposition leader Félix Tshisekedi condemns announcement as declaration of war on Congolese people
Botswana bans exports of donkey meat, sales to Asia said to be partial explanation, Ministry of Agricultural Development calls for farmers to ear mark animals to enable identification and taking inventory
Ghana launches first satellite after development at local university with support from Japan space agency Jaxa, to be used for mapping coastlines and laying ground for future space capacity, including monitoring illegal mining
Grace Mugabe grabs former state-owned iconic Mazowe Dam and surrounding land tracts, armed police deployed to keep away infuriated villagers, seizure unlawful according to country's Water Act unless permission granted by President
Niger army kills 14 civilians who were mistaken for Boko Haram militants, were located in restricted zone outside village near Nigerian border
Nigeria could supply all of Africa with food due to good soil and weather suitable for year-round growing, according to president of Arewa South Africa
Nigerian investigator of corruption in judiciary attacked in Port Harcourt and is being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds, had received threatening text messages before incident
Persecution of Christians has increased in Eritrea with 200 arrested by security services in raids on homes, according to Christian watchdog Release International
South Africa president Zuma gives clear support to president Kabila in Congo-Kinshasa despite the latter's term having run out and ongoing civil war
Buhari records Eid greeting to dispell rumors of speech problems, has opposite effect as he sounds weak, initiates new controversy due to president speaking Hausa language spoken in Northern parts of country rather than English
Dissident Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire arrested in connection with speech in support of striking medical students at University of Zimbabwe, already faces charges of trying to subvert government through campaign on social media
Botswana ex-president Sir Ketumile Masire dead at age 91
Zimbabwe riot police evict white farmer to give farm to black bishop, more than 15,000 local villagers protest eviction and vow to protest future ones due to wanting the land for themselves, two reporting journalists detained
Famine in South Sudan over says UN, was first official famine in world since 2011
Around half the food aid sent to Nigeria refugees not delivered, according to government blaming theft — millions of people in the north risk starvation
Nigerian vice president threatens growing secessionist movement of Biafra with full force of the law, president Buhari treated in London for unknown illness
Zambia's president Edgar Lungu receives USD 1.2 billion rescue package from IMF despite increasing totalitarianism — has suspended oppositional MPs and arrested opposition leader
Former president Thabo Mbeki tells South Africans to refrain from criticizing Mugabe, compares such statements with colonialism, references right of each nation to choose own leader
Uganda runs out of passports following surge in labor export to Middle East, only issued in emergency cases
South African mining industry threatened by proposed higher black ownership requirements and increased taxation, the producers' Chamber of Mines prepared to fight the plan in court already next week
At least two dead after terrorist attack against luxury resort outside Malian Bamako, one of the dead French national while the other unknown, situation under control according to security ministry spokesperson
Case of bishop found dead in water in Cameroon earlier this month to be investigated, previously suspected to be suicide, follows two other mysterious deaths of priests during last month
Zimbabwean artist Cde Chinx dies of blood cancer, led the Zanla choir during liberation struggle and supported land expropriation, should be declared national hero according to comrades
Lauren Graham: Low voting participation among young South Africans not due to lack of interest, youth engaged in communities but don't believe political parties or voting change anything
Joseph Wandera: Direct and indirect buying of votes will determine Kenyan election, both sides bribe religious groups in order to get support, common for politicians to give small sums of money to poor individuals to buy their vote
Thomas Thabane Prime Minister of Lesotho again after losing elections in 2015 shortly after he was chased out of country during military coup, inaugurated two days after wife was murdered
Two outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Congo, high risk of spreading nationally and medium risk of spreading internationally
Acting president Osinbajo condemns increasing tension between northern and southern Nigeria, Igbo groups continue to make demands for secession
Mining company Acacia accused by Tanzanian government of operating illegally and cheating the country of billions of dollars by understating the gold and copper concentrate levels in its mineral exports, negotiations have began in order to end export ban costing Acacia USD 1 million a day
Owen Skae: South African power utility Eskom an example of how state-owned companies are used as instruments by the elite, scandals are common and the business is expensive for tax payers, partly privatized Telkom which just posted handsome profits should be a model for all state-owned businesses
Tanzania signs USD 154 million contract with state-run China Harbour Engineering Company to expand and strengthen main port of Dar es Salaam in order to better compete with Kenyan Mombasa port, financed through World Bank loan
Zambian speaker of the house of parliament suspends 48 MPs of the opposition who boycotted the President's state of the nation address, suggests they resign on moral grounds if they do not recognize the Head of State
Peace talks between Somalian federal states Puntland and Galmudug start, on-going conflict since 1991 over who should get control over city of Galkayo
Zimbabwe bans grain imports after having produced enough maize to cover domestic demand for the first time since 2001
South African Arts and Culture minister says his department will no longer advertise in media criticizing the government, ANC or President Jacob Zuma
Attacks on albinos in Malawi on the rise again, fueled by systemic failures in country's criminal justice system according to Amnesty International, historic cases of attacks remain unresolved
State-owned South African TV-company SABC lifts criticized ban on showing violent protests and property destruction, fires the previously suspended executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng after he held own news conference criticizing parliamentary inquiry into SABC
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba: The city currently has 1,083 open investigations on corruption, fraud and similar crimes, equivalent to 19% of annual budget, leaked e-mail conversations between crony capitalist Gupta family and government proof that these crimes didn't occur in a vacuum
At least 14 dead and 35 injured as gunmen attack vehicles on highway near South Sudan capital Juba, unknown assailants flee as security forces return fire
Police in Mozambique warn that bald men could be targeted for ritual attacks after recent killings, perpetrators believed to be looking for gold which according to superstition can be found in bald men's heads
Zimbabweans benefiting from low-income housing scheme ordered to hang portraits of Mugabe in homes, loyalist groups with mission to spy on neighbors to be formed
Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe's few remaining white farmers will have their farms expropriated and given to the country's youth, and that small scale farmers and senior officials who underutilize their land might lose their property
50 years since Biafra declared independence from Nigeria, recently released and increasingly popular pro-secessionist leader Kanu says Nigeria is not functioning and can never function
Ethiopia shuts down Internet throughout country due to leaked exam papers for grade 10
Robert Mugabe spends USD 3.5 million chartering plane to Singapore and Mexico as plane he usually uses is grounded for servicing, has so far this year spent more days abroad than in Zimbabwe
South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane denied entry to Zambia and forced to return home, planned to visit detained Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
South Sudan president Salva Kiir declares ceasefire and promises to release political prisoners, uncertain whether statement could end civil war as no negotiations with rebels are in sight
Gambian ex-president Yahya Jammeh believed to have stolen state assets worth USD 50 million during last ten years in power, luxury cars reportedly loaded on to Chadian cargo plane during escape to Equatorial Guinea
Sorna Govender: South Africa at high risk of civil war, conditions alike those preceding the Arab Spring
Sorna Govender: South Africa at high risk of civil war, conditions alike those preceding the Arab Spring
King Letsie III of Lesotho hails Mugabe as wise and astute leader that has helped his country to stability and normalcy
Death toll rises to 100 following riots in Central African Republic according to UN, militia fighting with religious and ethnic undertones began in 2013
Rebelling Ivory Coast troops lay down arms, accept increased bonus proposal by previously popular president Ouattara — mutiny caused big disruptions for infrastructure and businesses
Mutiny in Ivory Coast continues after spokesmen for soldiers reject government proposal, mutineers have taken control over country's second largest city Bouaké
Days of fighting between Christian and Muslim militia in Central African Republic kill at least 37, violence by armed groups has risen sharply since late last year
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba says he will not build houses to the poor but instead give them title deeds to build their own houses on city's own land
Buhari returns to London for medical tests, doctors will determine for how long according to spokesman, vice president Osinbajo takes over leadership of government
Zimbabwe war veteran leader Christopher Mutsvangwa does about-face and starts backing Mugabe, will likely cause disunion among veterans who are usually counterforce against president
Mugabe denies Zimbabwe being fragile country, blames economic troubles on evil West, calls own country second most developed on continent next to South Africa
Former South Sudan general Thomas Cirillo says he is ready to enter civil war with rebel force, urges president Salva Kiir to resign
Trial against Burkina Faso ex-president Blaise Compaoré and his allies begin despite Compaoré still in Ivory Coast exile – population disappointed in lack of development since coup two years ago
Tanzania president sets deadline for 9,932 public employees with forged academic credentials to resign before May 15, will otherwise be exposed publicly and risk 7 years in prison, political appointees not affected since they are only required to be able to read and write
Leader of Biafra independence movement Nnamdi Kanu released for health reasons after two years in custody, is accused of criminal conspiracy and belonging to illegal society
South Africa ex-finance minister Pravin Gordhan warns ANC will lose power in next election unless course is changed, supports Cyril Ramaphosa as successor of Zuma
Nobel laureate and leading Nigerian author Wole Soyinka demands Buhari make immediate and full disclosure of health condition, says country is becoming increasingly unstable and unsafe
Namibia president Geingob expresses admiration for Zimbabwe land reforms and for Mugabe as iconic African leader, is inspired to implement similar radical redistribution
More than 7.7 million Ethiopians need food aid after country is hit by severe drought, altogether 13 million people across Horn of Africa require assistance according to UN
Cameroon ends internet ban in country's English-speaking regions after three months, same measures can be taken again if social media are used to stoke hatred and division says government
53 men arrested in Nigeria for celebrating a marriage between two people of the same sex
Nigerian military kill 21 terrorists and free 1,623 civilians in operation against Boko Haram in Borno state