Isaac Kaledzi

Opposition political parties in Zimbabwe are calling for massive reforms in the conduct of elections in that country.

A manhunt has been launched for some police officers in Uganda who are accused of shooting a three-year-old girl.

The government of South Africa has announced it is suspending importation of meat from Brazil over the recent scandal in the South American country's meat processing industry.

Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.

The exiled, former leader of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is reported to have taken to farming in Equatorial Guinea.

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday added a year to Jean-Pierre Bemba's 18-year jail term following the former Congolese vice president's conviction for attempting to bribe witnesses during his war crimes trial.

An IT expert has been charged with hacking into Kenya's Revenue Authority and stealing $39m.

Ivory Coast have named former Belgium international Marc Wilmots as their new head coach to replace Michel Dussuyer.

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency.

Germany says it will deport two men born in the country but whose parents are foreign - the first such case in German history.