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At least 20 people, including civilians, were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northeastern Mali near the border with Niger, sources said.The deaths...

Morocco’s main opposition party has elected a key political figure as its new secretary general, the party said on Sunday.Hakim Benchamach, 55, was nominated...

Facing civil unrest and strikes in the crucial mining sector, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde reshuffled his government overnight, appointing new finance and security ministers...

The head of Kenya’s National Youth Service, Richard Ndubai has been arrested by Kenyan officials over allegations of engaging in the stealing of pubic...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared snake bites as global health issue requiring significant attention after passing a resolution on the issue.

Fighting between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region and breakaway Somaliland has killed dozens of soldiers, according to a witness and a military commander who spoke of a “hellish” outbreak of violence.

49 people have been reported to have drowned when the boat they were traveling in tipped over in a river in northern Democratic Republic of Congo.

An opposition party leader in Zambia has been released from custody after he was detained for defaming the country’s President Edgar Lungu.

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa is to donate half of his salary to charity work to honour the late Nelson Mandela who was the country’s first black president.

Talks in Ethiopia to revive South Sudan’s failed 2015 peace pact and end the country’s civil war broke up on Wednesday without a deal, mediators said, potentially prolonging a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.