Africa
Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV
Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they h...
South African province introduces midnight alcohol curfew to tackle gender-based violence
Liquor purchases after midnight will soon be prohibited in Limpopo as a curfew will be implemented a...
Chinese man convicted after BBC expose
A Malawian court has convicted a Chinese national on multiple charges including trafficking and proc...
Arresting Putin would be 'declaration of war', says South African President
Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before an international meeting happens in Johanne...
US military emails sent to Mali by mistake
Emails intended for the US military's ".mil" domain have, for years, been sent to the west African c...
Uganda to impose tax on Facebook, Twitter and Netflix
The Parliament of Uganda has passed a proposed new law that imposes a 5 percent tax on the income ea...
SA Court dismisses Zuma’s bid to privately prosecute Ramaphosa
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled that Zuma had no legal basis to privately prosecute Ram...
Kenyans arrested after alleged period-check stripping order
In a statement on its website Brown's Food Company said it was "saddened" and that the matter "does ...
Nigeria: Tinubu opens defence in Peter Obi's petition, tenders 18 exhibits
Mr Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the disputed poll, filed his petition at t...
Rwanda plans to introduce virtual visits in prisons
This technological advancement aims to revolutionise the conventional prison system by introducing v...
Burkina Faso man jailed over luxury vehicle theft from dealerships across the US
Serge Ahmed Zeba is said to have executed a scheme to steal high-end vehicles from car dealerships i...
Uganda plans to raise drinking age to 21
The World Health Statistics 2023 Report ranks Uganda among the leading countries for high rates of a...
Nigeria: 10 years after, man drags neighbour to court for cutting tree
The complainant told the court that the defendant refused to apologise to him since cutting the thre...
Libya detains 50 Chinese nationals in cryptocurrency raid
Photos published by the Tripoli prosecutor show large, windowless rooms crammed with hardware and co...
Liberia: Court orders release of former Chief Justice from police detention
Her release from police custody comes amid reports that she and three other members of her household...
No legal duty to disclose an extra-marital affair, says SA judge
The judge dismissed a damages claim brought by a man against his former wife. The man accused his wi...
South African police generals charged with corruption in recruitment scandal
The trio were part of a selection panel that was responsible for conducting interviews and recommend...
Tanzanian woman jailed 29 years for rape of eight-year-old boy
Desderia Mbwelwa, 57, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison at a court on Friday but details of t...
Tinubu signs law on interest-free student loans
Local students in tertiary institutions such as universities, colleges and polytechnics will now be ...
South African mother handed 25-year jail term for selling naked pictures of daughter on dark web
The mother of five, currently in her thirties, was arrested in July 2021...
Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect unfit to stand trial, UN court rules
Félicien Kabuga's lawyers had argued that he suffered from dementia....
ECOWAS court awards 50 million CFA against Burkina Faso
This amount, according to the court, is to compensate for the moral damages suffered following the v...
Senegal's opposition leader jailed for 'corrupting youth'
The politician's supporters say the trial was aimed at stopping Mr Sonko from standing in the presid...
Zimbabwe passes bill to punish 'unpatriotic acts'
The so-called patriot clause of the Criminal Act targets those who harm the "national interest of Zi...
Nigeria MPs want $25bn spent to fix refineries probed
This news comes as the price of fuel has more than doubled in Nigeria after the new president, Bola ...
