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Several arrested over plot to kill Madagascar president

Madagascan police this week arrested six people, including a foreign national, on suspicion of plotting to kill the president, after months of investigation, officials...

Mali interim president safe after assasination attempt

Mali's interim president Assimi Goita was "safe and sound," his office announced, after an AFP journalist said he had been attacked on Tuesday by...

Worst violence spreads in S/Africa over Zuma arrest

More protests have emerged following South Africa’s Zuma arrest and has resulted in looting and an outpouring of general anger over the hardship and...

Dozens killed, tortured, abducted as pro-democracy protests intensify in Eswatini

The government of Eswatini has begun a ruthless suppression of human rights in response to pro-democracy protests, with dozens killed and many others tortured,...

Rich Nations Should Put $30 Billion of IMF Cash Towards Africa Investments – African Ministers

African ministers have called on wealthy nations to invest in Africa by reallocating at least $30 billion of new money from the International Monetary...

136 students test positive for COVID-19 Delta variant

About 136 students in a Ghanaian high school have been infected with the COVID-19 Delta variant, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. During the...

Perpetrators of failed coup in Gabon sentenced to 15 years in prison

The Special Military Court in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Thursday, sentenced perpetrators of a failed coup attempt in January 2019 in Gabon to 15...

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