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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will not participate in what he described as "criminal" bye-elections to fill 15 seats for members who were controversially recalled from parliament. The seats were left…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Ethiopia will not invade any neighbouring nation after his recent comments on a need for his country to own a sea outlet created disquiet in the region. Addressing the nation at a square in the capital,…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), have pledged to strengthen their existing partnership to address the detrimental consequences of statelessness and population displacement…

Namibia's government has ordered police to stop Xinfeng Investments from transporting lithium ore inside the country and from exporting it, accusing the Chinese miner of violating the country’s ban on critical raw mineral exports. In a…

Hundreds of residents of the Moroccan town of Amizmiz have protested against local authorities, weeks after a deadly earthquake destroyed their homes. Amizmiz, located 34 miles (55km) south of Marrakesh, was one of the hardest-hit by the…

The President of Botswana Mokgweetsi on Monday appointed Cornelius Dekop as the new central bank governor with immediate effect, replacing Moses Pelaelo, who had served as the Governor of the Bank of Botswana since 2016. The statement by…

The mayor of the local town of Touboro on Monday confirms over 30 people, likely including students from neighbouring Chad, have been kidnapped by suspected bandits in northern Cameroon. The kidnapping took place on Sunday evening, A…

The United States on Monday suspended all its aid to Gabon in response to the coup d'état that took place 30th of August 2023 in the central African country, enabling the Gabonese Army overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who had been in…

A Rwandan national has been hit by a stray bullet during clashes between armed groups near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda's government says. The incident happened on Monday in the Rubavu border area, Rwanda's…

At least 40 people have drowned after a passenger boat capsized in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a week after at least 47 others died in a similar incident. The wooden riverboat, known as a whaler, was carrying passengers and…