Africa

7 years ago
Africa Kenya election: Kenyatta vows to overcome divisions

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as riot police teargassed people...

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe: Mysteries remain about Mugabe's downfall

The fall of Robert Mugabe, who was a fixture in global affairs for nearly four decades, was sudden, swift and bloodless.

7 years ago
Africa France calls UN Security Council meeting over Libya slave auctions

France on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over slave-trading in Libya as President Emmanuel Macron blasted the...

7 years ago
Africa Gen Constantine Chiwenga: The army chief who took power from Mugabe

Gen Constantine Chiwenga, 61, is being hailed as a political saviour after he led the military takeover in Zimbabwe, however he is under sanctions...

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe's President Mugabe 'resigns'

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda says.

7 years ago
Africa Sale of Migrants as Slaves in Libya Causes Outrage in Africa and Paris

The reactions on Saturday highlight one of the many challenges facing the internationally recognized authorities in Libya, which are still struggling...

7 years ago
Africa Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta election win

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two petitions to overturn the country's October 26 presidential election re-run, validating the poll victory...

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe’s ruling party sacks Robert Mugabe as leader

ROBERT Mugabe has vowed to stay on as Zimbabwe President, despite being sacked by his own party.

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe's ruling party fires Mugabe

Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader, officials say.

7 years ago
Africa PICS: #Zimbabwe in limbo as Mugabe exit talks continue

One analyst said he believed the negotiations "have pretty much reached an end point" to get Mugabe to step aside and that it was a "matter of hours...

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe : l'armée dit avoir pris le pouvoir contre des "criminels", Mugabe assigné à résidence

L'armée du Zimbabwe a pris le contrôle de la radio-télévision d'État et bloque les accès aux principales institutions d'Harare. Les officiers refusent...

7 years ago
Africa Explosions heard in Zimbabwe capital amid coup speculation

At least three explosions were heard in Zimbabwe's capital early Wednesday and military vehicles were seen in the streets after the army commander...

7 years ago
Africa Zimbabwe's Mugabe fires Vice President seen as succession candidate

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the battle between Mnangagwa and...

8 years ago
Africa Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.

8 years ago
Africa Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdraws from Oct. 26 election re-run

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdrew Tuesday from a re-run of the presidential election in the latest twist to a political saga that has...

8 years ago
Africa New witness emerges in 1994 downing of Rwandan president's plane

French judges have heard from a new witness who claims to have seen missiles allegedly used to kill former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana,...

8 years ago
Africa Death toll rises to 7 in gas station explosions in Ghana

Blazing mushroom cloud seen after explosion that sent 68 to hospital

8 years ago
Africa Tunisian health minister dies after charity marathon

Tunisia's health minister died of a heart attack on Sunday after taking part in a charity marathon to help battle cancer, officials said.

8 years ago
Africa U.S. and Nigerien troops killed in ambush on patrol in Niger

5 Nigerien soldiers and 3 U.S. Green Berets killed in ambush

8 years ago
Africa Nigerian party people keep the champagne flowing through recession

Nigerian drinkers can have expensive tastes.

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