Isaac Kaledzi

The president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma is coming under intense pressure to step down following recent controversy over his cabinet reshuffle.

The Ivory Coast have persuaded two French junior internationals to switch allegiance and play for them, strengthening their squad for the resumption of World Cup qualifiers later in the year, the country's football federation has said.

A nightclub in Tunisia has been shut down after footage emerged of a DJ playing a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer, officials say.

Ghanaians have started waging what many consider a revived war against illegal mining mostly carried out in mining communities in Ghana.

Egypt’s president, Abdel- Fattah El-Sisi on Monday became the first Arab head of state to visit the American, white house, El- Sisi during the visit,would request that political Islamic groups especially the Brotherhood be declared a terrorist group.

South Sudan will not go ahead with plans to charge foreigners a $10,000 (£8,200) fee for work permits as officially announced in early March.

Colombia's president has declared an "economic, social and ecological emergency" as the first victims of the Mocoa landslide were laid to rest.

Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group has taken control of El Bur, a town in the Horn of Africa's semi-autonomous region of Galmudug, after Ethiopian forces left, a government official has said.

The man suspected of killing 11 people by bombing a St Petersburg train is a native of Kyrgyzstan who obtained Russian citizenship, the Central Asian country's security service says.

The UN investigators said on Monday they had found more mass graves in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where tribal militias are battling security forces.