South African businesses have been affected by the war waged by Islamic State-linked insurgents.

Known derisively as ‘the princess’, 49-year-old Isabel was the public face of the Dos Santos business empire.

One of Dos Santos’ daughters demanded an autopsy be carried out on the body on suspicion of foul play. 

Inter-ethnic violence has been on the rise in recent months in Oromia.

One security official was killed when the gunmen breached the jail using high-grade explosives.

Protesters have demanded a restoration of the transition to civilian rule despite repeated crackdowns by the security forces.

Only a few hours earlier, Barkindo had met Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

The World Food Programme may have to reallocate food from people who are hungry ‘to feed those who are hungrier’.

Sudan’s ruling sovereign council said only that there had been a ‘closed-door meeting’.

The sanctions have badly hit Mali, whose economy is already under severe strain from a jihadist insurgency.

Cameras and acoustic recorders are being used to give an idea of which animals are present on the reserve and in what numbers.

At least 53 people were killed in several districts, forcing more than 50,000 adults and children to flee their homes, the charity Save the Children said.

The death toll from protest-related violence has reached 113 since the coup.

Islamic State-linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have recently expanded their reach with an unprecedented series of civilian massacres.

Harare-based economist Gift Mugano predicted food security would worsen in rural areas if farmers are not allowed to keep the maize they have harvested.

Attacks by bandit militias in Nigeria are ravaging parts of the country with daily newspaper headlines describing gunmen raiding villages, ransacking rural communities and kidnapping residents.

Child brides have increased by up to 119%, while female genital manipulation is also up by 98% in drought-stricken areas.

The African legislative arm of the African Union held an Ordinary Session of the Fifth Parliament in Midrand this week.

Legislative elections in Senegal are due to take place on 31 July.

Sudan accused Ethiopia of capturing the soldiers on 22 June in Al-Fashaqa.

Burned-out carcasses of pickups, already overgrown with tall grass, still dot the landscape, vestiges of another time.