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A sudden and intense hailstorm struck several parts of Johannesburg on Monday evening, blocking highways and damaging gardens, vehicles, car parks, buildings, roads and other property. South African online newspaper TimesLIVE reported…

Liberians are set to go to the polls for a run-off presidential election after the two leading candidates were separated by just over 7,000 votes in the first round a month ago. They are choosing between incumbent and one-time football…

The European Union has called for an investigation into the reported killing of around 100 people in Burkina Faso earlier this week. "Around 100 civilians, including women and children, were believed killed in a massacre," said foreign…

Just a few days before the first round of presidential elections in Madagascar, demonstrators faced off against the police on Saturday. A few hundred people took to the streets of Antananarivo at the call of the “collective of eleven”…

Tens of thousands of South Africans took part in a march in Cape Town on Saturday in support of Palestinians living in Gaza, demanding that the Israeli ambassador be expelled. The enclave has been under intense fire from Israel, which…

A Ugandan military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist fighters stormed an African Union base in Somalia in May. Majors Zadock Abor and John Oluka ran away after they came under attack by al-Shabab in Bulo Marer,…

The UN has described floods that have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa as a once-in-a-century event. UN officials said more than 1.5 million people in Somalia could be affected…

The Gabonese government says the African Development Bank (AfDB) has lifted financial sanctions imposed on the country following the removal of President Ali Bongo in a coup in August. The economy ministry said the decision was taken at…

Intense fighting reportedly continues in Sudan's capital Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur, where hundreds are said to have been killed in the ongoing clashes. Witnesses have reported that bodies littered the streets of…

By Adoba Echono The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice Hon Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has emphasised the need for sensitisation of citizens on their (fundamental) rights. Justice Asante made the call during a courtesy visit…