More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds
A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes”, including 197 who were shot dead, in the widespread...
Africa
Mugabe’s son pleads guilty to pointing a gun in South Africa
The youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe has pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and illegally being...
Thousands celebrate open-air Mass with Pope Leo in Cameroon – in pictures
More than 120,000 people have joined Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon for an open-air Mass, the biggest crowd so far...
South African hospital worker arrested with human placentas
A South African hospital cleaner has been arrested after being found in possession of a bag of human placentas in...
Cholera outbreak kills 58 in northeast Nigeria
A cholera outbreak has killed 58 people and infected more than 250 across Bauchi State in northeast Nigeria, authorities said...
Burkina Faso scraps visa fees for African travellers
Burkina Faso says it has removed visa fees for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of...
Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack
The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State,...
Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy
A woman has been burnt to death by a mob in northern Nigeria's Niger state after she was accused of...
172 Ivorians flee to Ghana amid election tensions
A total of 172 Ivorians have crossed into Ghana over the past two weeks, seeking asylum in anticipation of political...
Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga jailed for embezzlement
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last...
Nigerian Company Innovates Bionic Arms for Amputees
Gift Usen cannot wait to have her hand. Born 25 years ago in Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria, she has navigated...
DR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process, rights group says
M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst...
