
South Sudan VP Machar under house arrest, his party says
Riek Machar and his wife are detained after a convoy of 20 armed vehicles entered his home, his party says.
SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 2025, 11:56
Riek Machar and his wife are detained after a convoy of 20 armed vehicles entered his home, his party says.
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani is promoted to the highest rank in the army, and dissolves all political parties.
South Africa could face a sanction, including a points deduction, after fielding an ineligible player against Lesotho in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Ethiopia’s prime minister asks Tigrayans to email him with suggestions for a new leader.
Heavily armed police with water canons are patrolling the streets of Harare ahead of a planned protest on 31 March.
The latest update includes “loan words” from several countries, including South Africa and Ireland.
Salva Kiir and Riek Machar hold the nation’s fate in their hands. Again
President Évariste Ndayishimiye says there’s “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack Burundi.
Zimbabwe’s most wanted political fugitive has caused a stir after urging citizens to rise up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the end of March. The ruling ZANU-PF party has vowed that no protests will occur.
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reassigned the head of the country’s army to the sports ministry, the presidency said, without elaborating on the reasons for the move.
The incident comes barely a month after another Kenyan police officer was killed in a confrontation with gang members.
Algeria, Egypt and Morocco remain on track to reach the 2026 World Cup but Sudan’s unlikely bid to qualify suffers a setback.
Rwanda on Tuesday described as “unfortunate” claims by Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye that it was planning to attack his country.
Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump’s aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a t
The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded as the US warned it was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence between the rival factions.
A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo met the main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane for talks in an effort to ease tensions following months of violent clashes between protesters and security forces.
Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the “Islamic State” militant group on a mosque in Niger. The assault came midway through the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Uganda’s army chief claimed on Sunday that his troops or the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group would enter the key Congolese city of Kisangani in the coming days.
After several bloody battles in January, the Samidrc soldiers, provided by South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi, are effectively prisoners of war by the rebels.
Namibia has sworn in its first woman president after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power.