JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema slipped quietly into the room, looking cheerful, perhaps a little slimmer than on our last encounter, and quite…
JOHANNESBURG – Former police commissioner Jackie Selebi has died, according to reports. City Press reported that a family source had confirmed that…
LUSAKA – Voters in Zambia are going to the polls in a presidential election caused by the death of Michael Sata last…
OAGUADUGU – Members of parliament in Burkina Faso have decided to cut their salaries by half. The move followed heated exchanges on…
LAGOS – The militant group Boko Haram has seized a town and key multinational military base in north-eastern Nigeria, officials and eyewitnesses…
NAIROBI – A Kenyan student has been sentenced to a year in jail for insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta on social media. Alan…
TUNIS – Moncef Marzouki has refused to admit defeat in Tunisia’s first free presidential election after exit polls suggested Beji Caid Essebsi…
LAGOS – Militants have stormed a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200, a survivor…
NAIROBI – Kenyan lawmakers traded blows and the deputy speaker had water thrown on her during a chaotic parliamentary session which approved…
KAMPALA – A Ugandan maid has been sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a toddler, in a case which sparked…
