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Ethiopian PM resigns amid political turmoil, protests

-- 2018-02-16 22:28:31

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned on Thursday after long-running political turmoil, an unprecedented move in the vast East African country. The decision by Hailemariam, in power...

ANC leader Ramaphosa becomes new South Africa president

-- 2018-02-16 20:07:08

Cyril Ramaphosa was confirmed Thursday as South Africa's new President, hours after scandal-plagued leader Jacob Zuma resigned. Ramaphosa, 65, the leader of the ruling African National Congress party...

Zimbabwe rival leader Tsvangirai dies at 65

-- 2018-02-15 11:18:10

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died at the age of 65 in South Africa, a senior official in his MDC party has said. A former prime minister, Tsvangirai had reportedly been suf...

Zuma quits as president of South Africa

-- 2018-02-15 09:49:53

Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an end to his nine scandal-plagued years in power. In a 30-minute...

Zuma breaks silence following ANC’s ultimatum

-- 2018-02-14 22:28:01

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma said he has done nothing wrong and sees no reason to stand down. Mr Zuma spoke after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) gave him an ultimatum to...

SA cops raid properties of Zuma allies, three arrested

-- 2018-02-14 15:26:09

South African elite police unit Hawks has raided properties including the family compound of the Gupta brothers, businessmen friends of President Jacob Zuma. News agency Reuters reports quoting spoke...

SA declares Cape Town drought a ‘national disaster’

-- 2018-02-14 12:42:40

South African government has declared a national disaster over the drought that has been hitting the southern and western regions including Cape Town for months. The government made the announcement...

SA ruling party moves to oust Zuma

-- 2018-02-13 10:36:52

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party executive committee has decided to ‘recall,’ or remove, President Jacob Zuma as head of state, a senior ANC source said on Tuesda...

South Africans await ANC party decision on Zuma

-- 2018-02-12 21:55:57

South Africa’s ruling ANC party is expected to order President Jacob Zuma to resign as president on Monday or face a no-confidence vote in parliament that he would almost certainly lose. A spec...

Egyptian army kills 16 insurgents in major raid

-- 2018-02-12 11:50:35

Egypt’s military said on Sunday that sixteen insurgents were killed and four others arrested in a major security operation aimed at crushing militants behind a string of attacks. Sixty-six targ...

Boko Haram frees 13 hostages

-- 2018-02-11 10:36:05

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has freed 13 hostages after the Nigerian authorities negotiated their release with the insurgents, Nigeria’s presidency said on Saturday. The kidnappings...

Mali mine explosion kills five, injures 18

-- 2018-02-10 22:06:08

Five civilians were killed and 18 others injured in central Mali when their passenger vehicle struck a landmine, the local governor said on Saturday. This latest incident occurred two weeks after 26...

Libya mosque bombing claims three lives

-- 2018-02-10 11:25:21

A twin bombing at a small mosque in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi has killed three people and wounded at least 48 others, medics said. The explosions occurred during Friday prayers at the mo...

SA mine collapse takes two lives

-- 2018-02-08 10:28:49

Two workers have been killed after a section of Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof gold mine in South Africa collapsed, the company said. The incident occurred on Wednesday, a week after more than 1,00...

Kenya deports rival lawyer

-- 2018-02-08 10:18:30

Kenyan authorities deported a lawyer charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga. The move prompted a rare rebuke from the Chief Justic...

Court hands death sentence to Somali truck bomber

-- 2018-02-07 12:49:14

Somalia's military court has sentenced a man to death for his role in the country's deadliest bomb attack last year that killed at least 500 people in the capital Mogadishu. Hassan Adan Isaq was accu...

SA postpones Zuma’s speech amid mounting pressure for resignation

-- 2018-02-06 20:57:23

South African President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation speech in parliament has been postponed, as pressure grows on him to resign. Parliament speaker Baleka Mbete made the announcement, without gi...

Kenya govt allows two channels to resume broadcasting

-- 2018-02-06 12:11:54

Two private Kenyan TV stations are now back on air after being shut down for seven days. “Government switches NTV and KTN News back on after seven days,” privately-owned NTV said on its l...

Coast guards recover 16 bodies off Moroccan shore

-- 2018-02-05 00:00:00

The bodies of 16 migrants have been recovered by Moroccan coast guards from the country’s northern coast near the Spanish enclave of Melilla, local media reported. News agency Xinhua reported c...

Kenya detains lawmaker over Odinga’s 'swearing in'

-- 2018-02-04 14:57:56

Kenyan police detained a third opposition legislator who attended a symbolic ‘swearing-in’ of opposition leader Raila Odinga that was a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who wo...

ANC official demands Zuma’s resignation

-- 2018-02-04 11:40:30

A senior official of ruling African National Congress (ANC) wants South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. His demand came as a fresh pressure on Zuma who has been weakened since Cyril Ramaph...

Four die as army, militants clash in Libya

-- 2018-02-03 12:06:03

One Libyan soldier and three Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed after a clash erupted between the Libyan army and IS terrorists near the town of Zalla in central Libya on Friday. A stateme...

S Africa rescues all workers trapped in gold mine

-- 2018-02-02 14:19:47

Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that all the miners who were trapped underground at its Beatrix gold mine in South Africa had been brought to the surface. Company spokesman James Wellsted said 955...

Power cut traps 1000 gold miners underground in S Africa

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday that over 1,000 miners were stuck underground at its Beatrix gold mine in South Africa after a storm knocked out power, but they were not in danger. Spokesman Jame...

Ninety feared dead in boat capsize off Libya coast

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for...

South Africa's Zuma asks prosecutors to drop graft charges

-- 2018-02-01 15:49:32

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has provided arguments on why he should not be prosecuted for corruption, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday, as pressure mounts for th...

Kenyan channels to stay off air over opposition coverage

-- 2018-02-01 10:58:16

Three Kenyan TV stations will stay off the air until further notice because they had planned to broadcast the opposition leader Raila Odinga’s unofficial ‘inauguration’ in Nairobi....

Liberia’s Weah to drop ‘racist’ clause of constitution

-- 2018-01-31 11:01:55

Liberia's President George Weah has called for the removal of a "racist" clause in the constitution which restricts citizenship to black people. The clause was "unnecessary, racist and inappropriate"...

Blast leaves three children dead in Libya

-- 2018-01-30 15:06:50

Three children were killed by unexploded ordnance when they were playing near the social security building in the city in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday. There were no reports of addit...

Egypt polls: Sisi gets last-minute competitor

-- 2018-01-30 12:28:19

An Egyptian politician emerged just ahead of a deadline on Monday as the sole challenger to the incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a March election. Several leading opposition figures called...