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An Ethiopian-born US contractor who worked at the State and Justice departments has been arrested and charged with sending classified information to Ethiopia. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, is accused of passing on classified information since…

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) officials prepare for voting to begin at a polling station during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections in Bulawayo on August 23, 2023. Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023 began voting in…

Dozens of civilians were killed in drone strikes in Ethiopian towns in the Amhara region on Sunday, residents reported. One resident of Quarit who requested anonymity said two separate drone attacks occurred in the area. In one of these…

The European Union has confirmed it's temporarily frozen payments to the World Food Programme (WFP) for deliveries of humanitarian aid to Somalia. A spokesman for the European Commission, Balazs Ujvari, said the move was a precautionary…

The mayor's home in the Libyan city of Derna has been burnt down, as hundreds of protesters demanded answers for last week's catastrophic flood. They gathered on Monday night at the city's landmark Sahaba Mosque, many chanting for top…

Gabon has been partially suspended from the Commonwealth after military commanders carried out a coup ousting President Ali Bongo. The decision was made by Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting on the margins of the United Nations…

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has said he will run for a fourth term in next year's presidential election. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Mr Kagame said this on Tuesday. Asked about what the West would think about his decision to…

Mozambique's police chief Bernardino Rafael has denied accusations that officers attempted to assassinate politicians ahead of October's local elections. The mayor of Nampula province, Paulo Vahanle, claimed to have survived an…

At least 20 people have died in South Africa after a major road accident in the northern province of Limpopo. The victims - believed to be miners - were on a bus which crashed head-on with a truck. They were being transported to one…

The main liberal opposition political movement in Egypt has said it won't nominate a candidate in the presidential election due next year after one of its leaders was sentenced to six months in prison. The Free Current coalition said…