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A French court has handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity. The crimes were found to have happened between 1993 and 1994 during…

Senegalese lined up to vote Sunday in a tightly contested presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region that has experienced a wave of…

An Opposition leader in Chad Yaya Dillo has been killed in a clash with security forces in Chad, officials report. Dillo was accused by the government of involvement in a deadly attack on the country's security agency, which he denied.…

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast. The imprisoned Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main…

The leader of South Africa's third largest political party has addressed a packed 56,000-capacity Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday. Julius Malema who launched the EFF's election manifesto renewed his commitment towards the…

Just over two years at the helm of the Citizens Coalition for Change, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa announced on that he was leaving the opposition party. "I inform you, that, with immediate effect, I no longer have anything to do…

The leader of Guinea's ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has been granted the rank of general, according to an announcement made by the presidency on social media. Colonel Doumbouya, 43, assumed control of Guinea following the…

Prominent Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala has been convicted of inciting public violence in Harare. Sikhala faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment. Police accused the former MP of encouraging supporters to violently react to the…

A Kenyan judge has ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates to undergo mental health evaluations before being charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies have been exhumed since last April from the Shakahola forest.…

Chadian politician Succès Masra was named the first Prime minister under the nation's newly adopted 5th Republic Constitution. The announcement was read on national television on 1st January by minister Mahamat Ahmad Alhabo. "Through…