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A court in Mauritius has released former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on bail following his arrest on charges of money laundering, a magistrate at the court said. Jugnauth was arrested on Sunday after detectives from the state-run…

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in Washington , being greeted by his counterpart Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Egypt-US relations have soured following recent comments made by US President Donald Trump on turning the…

Over 150 hectares of sugarcane fields have been destroyed in Cameroon due to violent clashes between workers at the Société Sucrière du Cameroun (SOSUCAM) and police. The unrest, which erupted earlier this week, stems from protests over…

Laila Soueif is a mathematician, a university professor, a political activist. But as she slumped in a folding chair outside the gates of the British prime minister’s office on day 129 of a hunger strike on Wednesday, she was just a…

U.S. President Donald Trump says, without citing evidence, that "certain classes of people" in South Africa were being treated "very badly" and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated. "South Africa…

Two men close to Benin's president were sentenced to 20 years in prison following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the West African country. Olivier Boko, a businessman and long-time friend of President Patrice…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns about a potential new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-western Tanzania, reporting that at least eight people have died so far. According to the WHO, nine…

Over 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya continues to face challenges in curbing widespread gang violence, officials reported. According to the U.N. Human Rights Office, the death toll…

A court in Burkina Faso has sentenced two people to life in prison over a deadly 2017 attack on a Turkish restaurant in the capital that killed 19 people, officials said. Two gunmen opened fire at the Aziz Istanbul restaurant on…

At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in prison following arraignment for alleged rape, desertion and other crimes amid the fighting in the country’s conflict-battered east, according to Congo's army.…