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South Africa's former health minister, Zweli Mkhize, is the main contender to run against scandal-plagued President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the ANC. The party in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago meets next week to decide who…

A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. The 64-year-old was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf. Sambi headed the Indian…

Prosecutors in the Comoros have sought a life sentence for former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was tried in absentia for high treason. Sambi, 64, the arch opponent to current president Azali Assoumani, faces charges related to the…

A former CEO of Algeria's state-owned Oil and Gas group Sonatrach, Abdelmoumen Kaddour, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption in connection with the purchase of a refinery in Italy. A Defence lawyer, Miloud Brahimi made…

Guinea's ruling junta ordered prosecutors to take legal action against former president Alpha Condé. The prosecutions against Condé as well as other officials and ex-ministers, include alleged acts of "corruption, illicit enrichment,…

The former president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou has warned of dire consequences that befell the Sahel, a region plagued by acute insurgency. Issoufou further said that the war in the Sahel has been neglected by the world and instead…

Thousands of former rebels swore an oath of loyalty in a ceremony held under tight security in South Sudan. Nearly 22,000 men and women, drawn from the main parties as well as the South Sudan Opposition Alliance, participated in…

Thousands of Angolans paid tribute to former President José Eduardo dos Santos who died on 8th July, in a clinic in Barcelona. The funeral procession left the Dos Santos' family home in Luanda travelling through the city to the Republic…

Former Ivorian cleaning lady Rachel Kéké was elected to the French parliament on Sunday. The new member of Parliament was part of the new left-wing alliance, NUPES. The 48 year-old promised a voice to the voiceless. "I am the voice of…

South African prosecutors say that several former executives at state-owned ports and freight rail company Transnet had been arrested for alleged corruption during former president Jacob Zuma's time in power. The National Prosecuting…