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Zimbabwean police on Friday banned an opposition rally scheduled for Sunday, citing a lack of toilets and unsuitable roads at the venue, the latest ban ahead of the August elections. The political climate is worsening ahead of what…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the early hours of Saturday held a joint news conference in Istanbul with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the two leaders held talks. Speaking about security in the Black Sea…

On a shady corner of the beach in the south of Abidjan, men are playing cards: all are fishermen and were forced to stop their activity in July to abide by a government measure for the biological rest of fish. "We do nothing, we do…

Heavy rain and landslides in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, has led to the deaths of at least 10 people, as reports. Nine were in the district of Yopougon and the other one was in Cocody-Angre, the head of the military firefighting…

Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse human rights activists who are calling for the release of dozens of people who were detained during anti-government protests on Friday. Video footage shows clouds of tear gas at Nairobi's…

Bastian Schweinsteiger has said Pep Guardiola’s time as Bayern Munich coach contributed to Germany’s decline in football. Guardiola was appointed Bayern coach in 2013 with Schweinsteiger playing under the Spaniard for two seasons before…

Parliament in Ghana has backed a proposed amendment to an anti-gay bill that would make identifying as LGBT punishable by a three-year prison sentence. People who campaign for LGBT rights could also face up to 10 years in jail. The…

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…