Tanzanians begin casting votes in tense election
Voting in Tanzania’s presidential election began on Wednesday, with an opposition leader who survived being shot 16 times facing off against an incumbent who claims...
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CPJ: Angolan police detain, harass journalists covering protests
Angolan police should stop arresting and assaulting journalists and allow them to do their jobs freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least...
Police arrest 100 over Angola anti-government demos
At least 100 people were held following violent weekend anti-government protests in the Angolan capital Luanda, a senior government official announced Sunday. Anti-riot police fired...
Guinea’s opposition leader claims victory in presidential poll
Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared Monday, without waiting for official results, that he had won a presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde, who...
One killed in Tunisia ‘terror attack’
A knife attack on Sunday killed a Tunisian National Guard officer and wounded another in the coastal town of Sousse, a National Guard spokesman told...
Mali’s ill-equipped army in spotlight after coup
Mali’s army, which staged last month’s coup in the war-torn nation, is taking on a role in politics despite being hamstrung by a crippling lack...
Facebook blocks terminally ill Frenchman from streaming his death
Facebook said Saturday it would block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social...
Trial of Sudan’s ousted Omar al-Bashir over 1989 military coup resumes today
The trial of Sudan’s ousted ex-president Omar al-Bashir, over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989, is to resume Tuesday, his lawyer...
Four soldiers killed as explosion rocks Mali
Four Malian soldiers were killed and one seriously injured on Saturday when an explosive device detonated as their vehicle drove by in the centre of...
Ship leaks more oil off Mauritius as calls for answers grow
A fresh streak of oil spilled on Friday from a bulk carrier stranded on a reef in pristine waters off Mauritius which is already reeling...