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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…

Algerians react to the death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country. The former strongman had left office in April 2019 under pressure…

Angola's ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has arrived in the southern Africa nation from Spain, the first time he has returned home since retiring, the state press agency said. Dos Santos left the country in 2019 after handing the…

Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and his wife Lordina Mahama were vaccinated against COVID-19 at a hospital in Accra. "I believe that all Ghanaians should avail themselves for the vaccines and indeed in Africa, we should be…

Ghana’s longest-serving leader, ex-President Jerry John Rawlings will be laid to rest Wednesday. The remains of Mr Rawlings have been lying in state since Monday. The general public and dignitaries have taken the opportunity to pay their…