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A Tunisian military court has ordered the release of two detained opposition politicians. Seifeddine Makhlouf, the leader of the conservative Karama Party, was arrested in September with a party colleague, Nidhal Saudi, on…

Mozambique military forces say they have captured a jihadist leader, a Tanzanian citizen, in Nangade district in the northern Cabo Delgado province. The 39-year-old leader, known as Ali, was captured alongside six other Islamic…

Kenyans online are expressing their shock and anger after reports of bodies being found dumped in a river in the western region. Activist Boniface Mwangi posted on Twitter that he and the head of local human rights organisation…

Guinea's deposed President Alpha Condé has flown to the UAE for medical treatment. Mr. Condé - who has been under 'house arrest s'ince he was ousted in a coup more than four months ago - was accompanied by his doctor and two bodyguards,…

The British parliament is expected to debate a motion entitled "recognition of Somaliland" which has been tabled by MP Gavin Williamson. Somaliland seceded from Somalia more than 30 years ago, but it is not recognised as an…

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the need to protect the constitution. This is after the tourism minister made accusations against judges and attacked the country's constitution. Lindiwe Sisulu wrote in…

Poorer nations are being offered vaccines with too short a shelf life for them to be distributed before their expiry date, according to the UN's children's fund Unicef. In December alone, more than 100 million vaccines were rejected by…

'South Africa's Limpopo health minister is under fire for her sex education message to girls during a school visit. Phophi Ramathuba told girls to "open your books and close your legs" - in a rather blunt way of encouraging abstinence to…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said China will donate 10 million Covid vaccine doses to the country this year. It is a share of a ''one-billion vaccine donation" Beijing has pledged to Africa, a continent with one…

Pro-democracy Protesters Hit with Tear Gas in Sudan Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of pro-democracy protesters who were heading towards the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum. Marches are also…