Rwanda will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting from 20 to 26 June having received 50 refugees deported from its former coloniser, the United Kingdom, just weeks before the gathering.

The widow of a human rights defender murdered by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) police in 2010 has called on authorities to track down every single person implicated.

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Mali’s junta announced on Sunday that it will quit a West African anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional group.

Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies are relegated to the third tier of Ghanaian football as players and officials from both clubs are sanctioned for match-fixing.

* Up to one-third of Ugandan adults lack national ID

Martha Karua, a former rival who once served as justice minister, joins the ticket of ex-PM Raila Odinga.

The legal challenge to Zimbabwean Exemption Permit deadline in December is being led by the controversial Simba Chitando, who is the head of Zanu-PF’s Sandton branch and whose uncle is Zimbabwe’s mining minister

Off the back of an R800 million investment programme, Jubilee metals want to expand further.

He has made history, becoming the country’s president for the second time in a competitive vote.

Sabrina Dhowre Elba visits Somalia and Kenya on behalf of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015- to 2018, has also had success in higher education, winning top awards in science

The Central African Republic anti-Balaka leader faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court

Europe is desperately seeking alternative sources of gas after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Rugby World Cup-winning South Africa fly-half Elton Jantjies is arrested in Johannesburg for allegedly causing “malicious damage to property” on a flight from Dubai.

The Zimbabwean government said it was working closely with Rwanda to hunt down and extradite several alleged fugitives of the Rwandan genocide believed to be in the country.

Zimbabwe denied on Sunday that it harboured “most wanted” Rwandan genocide-accused fugitive Protais Mpiranya, after the United Nations said he died in the country in 2006.

Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, demanding a return to the normal democratic order and rejecting his replacement of the independent electoral commission with one he named himself.

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term ended in February 2021 without an election.

Kenya’s Olympic rugby sevens star Dennis Ombachi on dealing with his bipolar disorder as he urges others with mental health issues to seek treatment.

Emmerson Mnangagwa has stymied Zimbabwe’s economy, five years after he declared the country “Open for business.”