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The authorities in Guinea-Conakry have allowed former president Alpha Condé to leave the country to seek medical help. The condition is that the former president cannot stay away for more than one month unless advised otherwise by the…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appeal a court ruling that ordered him back to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence, a judge ruled. Zuma, 80, had been released on medical parole earlier this year, but…

South Africa's last white president during Apartheid, F.W. de Klerk, has been laid to rest. De Klerk was laid to rest in a private funeral service on Sunday. It was relatively quiet outside the family home with only friends and family…

Libya’s powerful commander, Khalifa Hifter, has filed as a candidate in the country’s presidential elections next month, as the long-waited vote faces growing uncertainty. Hifter submitted his candidacy papers Tuesday in the eastern city…

Former French hostage Sophie Pétronin has defended her decision to return to Mali after being accused of being irresponsible by the French government. Speaking to the press, Sophie Pétronin, questioned the comments made by a government…

The former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has launched a new political party, the African People's Party's congress,(PPA-CI) which marked his return to the forefront of the political scene, after ten years of absence. Gbagbo was…

South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, speaks to his supporters for the first time since being released on parole in early September. The former ANC leader was released on medical grounds after serving two months of a 15-month…

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, the main accused in a long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, will boycott the upcoming proceedings, according to his lawyers. In the trial opening…

A former deputy speaker Clement Chiwaya,  in Malawi has shot himself in the head inside parliament, where he had gone for a meeting, parliament said. Clement Chiwaya, who was 50, killed himself inside the parliament building, where he…

Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country's longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika passed away on Friday aged…