KAMPALA – Social media has been blocked in Uganda because of security concerns as tightly contested presidential elections are held, officials say….
DAKAR – Senegalese leader Macky Sall said on Tuesday the country’s top court had rejected his proposal to cut his current presidential…
CAPE TOWN – South African authorities are working to secure the release of millions of rands from a cargo plane that had…
KAMPALA – One of Uganda’s main opposition candidates has been briefly detained by police ahead of presidential elections on Thursday. Kizza Besigye…
GENEVA – International judges in the case of Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto have barred the use of recanted testimony. The decision means…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s top court is to rule on whether President Jacob Zuma should pay back about $23m (£15m) of state…
LUANDA – The family of late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi are suing the makers of Call of Duty over his depiction…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has agreed to repay some of the $23m (£15m) the government controversially spent on upgrading…
JOHANNESBURG – A light aircraft has crashed in the South African city of Johannesburg, killing all three people on board, emergency officials…
LAGOS – Nigeria is holding talks with the World Bank to help it fund a forecast record $11bn (£7.7bn) budget deficit. However,…
