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Several people have been arrested in Comoros after a reported "failed coup attempt". The alleged coup attempt is coming days after a constitutional referendum.The...

Three Ugandan lawmakers and some of their supporters have been arrested. It follows an attack on the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni.The MPs and...

Ethnic violence in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend has left at least 40 people dead.Paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia were reported to have carried...

Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday blamed the opposition MDC for the post-election violence that led to six deaths.Last month’s historic poll was marred...

Some Nigerian troops on Sunday staged a protest at the airport in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.They are reported by locals to have shot...

The World Health Organisation says the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is more challenging that ever.The global body says the...

The head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and other leaders of the banned group were sentenced to life in prison on Sunday, judicial sources said,...

A Chinese tourist has died in Kenya after being attacked by a hippo on the shores of Lake Naivasha, the East African nation’s wildlife...

Malians are voting on Sunday in a presidential run-off election as they choose a new president.The run-off is being contested by incumbent President Ibrahim...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has sacked all workers in a unit of the country’s heath Ministry over claims of corruption.The staff are accused of...