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Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result. New…

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said, without specifying which variant had been recorded. The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy who developed symptoms last month after travelling to…

Mozambique's army has killed two senior rebel leaders in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which is in the grip of an armed terrorists, it announced. "Terrorist Abu Kital, who held the position of deputy operations commander for the…

Morocco's highest court have upheld the convictions of two journalists, Omar Radi and Soulamaine Raissouni, rejecting their final appeals. The two journalists were imprisoned for sexual assault charges, charges they deny. Radi was…

A criminal court in Dakar has sentenced Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years' imprisonment on a charge of "corrupting young people", while acquitting him of rape. The…

The UN mission in Mali said on social networks that two peacekeepers were wounded by a mine explosion in central Mali. "Our office in Mopti confirms an explosion near the village of Amba, 75 km west of Douentza, injuring two peacekeepers…

Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, Internal Organisation for Migration IOM, Food and Agricultural Organisation FAO and Concordis International have brokered a peace agreement between the Ngok Dinkas and Misseriyas…

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that the government has failed to address the problem of drug trafficking in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The report is based on the findings of a…

A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a press association, a case criticized by human rights activists and media groups. The conviction…