Police in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse rioting demonstrators from the opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) who gathered outside the country's electoral commission building.
The Rwandan women’s activist Diane Shima Rwigara who is a critic of President Paul Kagame is now facing treason charges after her latest arrest on Friday by police in Rwanda.
Hundreds of Nigerians who have been displaced by Boko Haram insurgency have staged a protest on the streets of Maiduguri over food shortages and poor conditions in their refugee camp.
The chief prosecutor of Kenya is to investigate the conduct of the country's August 8 elections after the Supreme Court by majority decision annulled the results and ordered fresh presidential election.
A Ugandan court has suspended a clerk for wearing " a very short and tight dress" to work. The court considers the action of the worker a breach of the country's strict dress code for public sector workers.
Police building in Guinea's bauxite mining town of Boke was burnt on Thursday by rioters following a clash with security forces, according to local Red Cross officials.
There have demonstrations in Uganda as critics of the country's President, Yoweri Museveni protest attempts to change the constitution and remove the presidential term limit of 75 years.
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has accused the country’s Supreme Court of undertaking a ‘coup’ in their decision to nullify his electoral victory on August 8.
Former African Union Commission chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday was sworn in as a member of parliament from the South African ruling African National Congress.
