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Kenya’s government on Thursday announced a ban on political protests against the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) mostly staged by the opposition political party supporters.

The Gambian government has detained at least 23 soldiers loyal to former leader Yahya Jammeh for allegedly plotting to revolt against Gambia’s new leader, Adama Barrow.

Liberians are expecting first set of official results from the October 10 presidential election on Thursday after an announcement was delayed on Wednesday.

Seven people, including a police officer, were killed on Wednesday in an attack, attributed to a Rwandan Hutu militia, on a village in Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east, local officials said.

An outspoken critic of Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame has denied state charges of forgery and inciting insurrection leveled against her when she appeared in court on Wednesday.

A South African security guard has been accused of sexually assaulting up to 54 girls at a Soweto primary school where he worked.

Kenya’s parliament on Wednesday passed a new bill to amend the country's election laws ahead of the re-run presidential polls on October 26.

A Kenyan high court has ordered the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to include the Presidential candidate of a smaller political party in the October 26 repeat presidential poll.

To a Ghanaian King, handing someone a holdall stuffed with more than £350,000 to deposit in a bank might seem nothing out of the ordinary.

Nigeria has sacked thousands of its teachers in the northern Kaduna state after they failed exams set for their own pupils.