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South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. The camp…

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war. With local officials warning that more than two million people are now at risk of…

At least five people were killed and several others injured when an informal gold mine caved in and buried them alive in northern Kenya, a local official said. Authorities closed the Hillo subsistence gold mine near the Ethiopian border…

Vote counting has started in Rwanda following the closure of polling stations on Monday in a presidential election poised to extend President Paul Kagame’s long tenure. Kagame, who has led the country since 1994, faced minimal…

Rwandans queued up peacefully on Monday to vote for their next president, and it is widely anticipated that the current president, Paul Kagame, who is running on a Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) party , will easily secure a fourth term,…

Several people have been killed after a car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe packed with football fans in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The bomb went off on Sunday night at 22:28 local time as patrons at Top Coffee were watching the…

Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump. Police say…

Kenya's police have been accused of shooting dozens of anti-government protesters. Officers at a police station near a rubbish dump where dismembered body parts were found have been transferred, Kenya's acting inspector general of police…

The agricultural sector in Uganda remains a cornerstone of the economy, employing approximately 72% of the population and contributing about 24.1% to the GDP. The dairy sector alone is valued at US$3.8 billion, with exports bringing in…

Kenya's police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which more than 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of…