Category: Africa

Source: BBC  The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP following allegations that she tricked 17 men into fighting

Source: BBC  Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week,

Source: BBC  Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger State on Friday have escaped.  The Christian Association

Source: BBC  The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the presidential race ahead of next month’s election,

Source: BBC Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is being sworn in shortly for a second term following an election marred by violent protests and rejected

Source: BBC  Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term following an election in which two of his biggest challengers were barred from

Source: BBC   Hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in several cities across Cameroon, a day before the results of a highly contested presidential

Source: Reuters  Ivory Coast is voting in a presidential election on Saturday, with incumbent Alassane Ouattara, 83, claiming credit for nearly 15 years of economic

Source: BBC  Judges in Cameroon have dismissed calls for the partial or total cancellation of the heavily disputed presidential election, saying they will announce the

Source: BBC  Passengers were forced to jump from carriages in a train crash that killed 15 people in eastern Ethiopia, a local official has told