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All 15 prison facilities in Liberia have this week run out of food for inmates. This has caused two prisons, including the main Monrovia Central Prison, to temporarily "shut their doors to newcomers, prison officials have…

Security forces in Sudan have fired tear gas at pro-democracy demonstrators in the latest mass protests against military rule following October's coup. Thousands of people in several cities took to the streets chanting…

A South African judicial panel that examined allegations of high-level corruption during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure will hand over the first of its three-part report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday. The panel…

A court in Uganda has ordered the police to release a prominent author, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. He was arrested last week after 'criticising' President Yoweri Museveni and his son Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on social media.…

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi and First Lady Isaura Nyusi have tested positive for Covid and are in isolation. A statement from the presidency said Mr. Nyusi and his wife had decided to isolate in accordance with health…

Pro-democracy activists in Sudan have announced fresh protests amid a political crisis deepened by the resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday. At least three protesters were killed on Sunday after thousands of…

Liberian opposition figure Alexander Cummings says forgery allegations against him in a case filed by a party in an opposition coalition are "unfounded and political." The Monrovia City Court has issued an arrest warrant…

Guinea's main opposition leader says more than 100 of the country's political parties will present a joint demand for a return to civilian rule to the military junta that seized power in September. Cellou Dalein Diallo told a…

Tunisia's interior ministry has said a detained former justice minister is suspected of “terrorism.” Noureddine Bhiri of the Ennahdha party was detained over the weekend. He has 'refused food and medicine' and was…

A devastating fire which swept through South Africa's parliament in Cape Town reignited just hours after it was said to be under control. Flames were seen billowing from the building's roof on Monday, as firefighters tried to…