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The riots which spread countrywide after the killing by police of Nahel M, a 17-year-old boy of Algerian origin, have shaken French society to its very core. The unrest has been described as unprecedented in terms of scale and intensity.…

The Kenyan government says it's delaying the reopening of its border with Somalia, after attacks on its soil attributed to the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the phased reopening of border posts…

A suspected nitrate oxide gas leak in South Africa has led to the deaths of 16 people, local officials say. The victims - including women and children - died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of…

A fighter jet was shot down in Khartoum on Tuesday, where clashes and artillery fire targeted several neighborhoods in Sudan's war-torn capital, witnesses said. "We saw pilots parachuting as the plane dived towards the ground ," said a…

The deputy president of South Africa, Paul Mashatile, has condemned the actions of his police protection staff after video emerged of them attacking people on a highway in the city of Johannesburg. The footage shows the armed officers…

Opposition politicians have reacted to Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement that he will not be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, saying it resulted from pressure from the people. Abass Fall, a member of parliament…

Opposition politicians have reacted to Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement that he will not be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, saying it resulted from pressure from the people. Abass Fall, a member of parliament…

South Africa’s Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has denied allegations that he may have been poisoned, saying in a video that he was in good health. It comes amid conflicting concerns after the Zulu traditional prime minister said over…

Rights group Amnesty International has accused security forces, separatists and ethnic militia of committing “rampant atrocities” in Cameroon’s English-speaking heartland. Amnesty details rampant human rights violations and other crimes…

At least 48 people have been killed in a road accident at a busy junction in Kenya, police and witnesses say. It happened after a lorry carrying a shipping container lost control at Londiani Junction, near the western town of Kericho,…