Africa

A high court in Kenya has giving the green light for a new deputy president to take office despite a continuing court case challenging the impeachment of the previous deputy president. The three-judge High Court in Nairobi set aside…

Several women have taken their lives in Sudan's central Gezira state after being raped by paramilitary fighters in the brutal civil war raging in the country, rights groups and activists have said. The reports come after the…

Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who has been at the centre of a fierce nationality row, is to be stripped of her South African identity and travel documents. The Department of Home Affairs began investigating her case after…

Kenyan Supreme Court overturned an appeals court decision on Tuesday that had nullified the 2023 finance law, a victory for President William Ruto's administration. The government had been relying on the 2023 law to continue tax…

Botswana goes to the polls on Wednesday in a vote that will determine whether the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will extend its 58-year hold on power. Analysts say, however, that this time round it is hard to predict the outcome…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Tripoli Tuesday to attend the Italy-Libya Business Forum, her fourth visit to the country since becoming prime minister two years ago. She told delegates that relations with Libya are a…

Guinean authorities dissolved dozens of political parties and placed two major opposition parties under observation late Monday, as the transitional government has yet to announce a date for elections. The West African country has been…

France's President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco's parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan sovereignty, and has pledged to invest French money there. Western Sahara is a territory on the…

A controversial agreement to grant Ukrainian diplomats visa-free access to South Africa has sparked outrage within political circles. South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, who is from a different party to the president,…

A leading member of Malawi’s opposition has been charged with plotting to kill the country's President, Lazarus Chakwera. Patricia Kaliati, Secretary-General of the UTM party, was arrested last week on suspicion of "conspiring…