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The embattled President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma appears to have received the backing of his party, the African National Congress as pressure mounts...

Ghana’s government has placed a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners following upheavals from civil Society groups on the menace.It follows calls by groups...

Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has killed nearly...

Nigeria's government and military are not doing enough to ensure the release of 195 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held by Boko Haram Islamic extremists for...

The president of Benin, Patrice Talon failed in his attempt to reform his country’s constitution.Reducing the current two five-year presidential term to just one...

More than one hundred Gambians who were held up in Libyan prisons on Tuesday returned home.These Gambians had attempted migrating to Europe under difficult...

The Speaker of South Africa's parliament, Baleka Mbete is coming under intense pressure to call for an early debate on a motion of no-confidence...

On Thursday, Gambians will be going to the polls for the first time since former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced into exile.This time...

The faction of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram led by Abubakar Shekau released a video on Tuesday denying that fighters are dying of...

More than 3,000 South Sudanese fled into neighbouring Uganda on Tuesday after government soldiers attacked the border town of Pajok, killing men, women and children indiscriminately, refugees said.