Nearly 100 people have been killed in attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, reports say. The attack happened in Sobane-Kou, close to Sanga town, according to French-language news outlet RFI. The bodies of the dead have been burned, says a local official, and the search for more bodies […]

At least four people have died on the first day of a campaign of civil disobedience against military rule in Sudan, according to opposition medics. The streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum were largely empty as the working week began yesterday. Opposition and protest groups had called for workers to stay at home after security forces […]

Among the Luhya community in western Kenya, a tradition of bull-fighting exists. Originally practised to mark important events such as funerals, the sport has evolved into a more competitive and at times profitable pursuit. Photographer Duncan Moore travelled to see how community leaders in Kakamega county want to bring it into the mainstream, forming leagues […]

In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali considers whether the newly appointed emir of Kano will be as dynamic in his new role as he was as Nigeria’s central bank governor. Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s controversial former bank chief, has achieved a life-long ambition. It might have been a surprise to some […]

Bongo, 60, says ‘exemplary’ government is needed after $250m hardwood scandal, in first speech since suffering a stroke. Gabonese President Ali Bongo delivered his first speech since returning to the West African country following a long absence after a stroke he suffered in October. In the recorded speech televised on Saturday – more than two months […]

South Africa says it has finally traced the source of a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people in the past year – said to make it the worst in history. The source is a factory operated by Enterprise Foods in Polokwane in Limpopo. More facilities are being tested to see if they contributed to […]

Two Canadian women have been kidnapped in Ghana by unidentified gunmen in the country’s second largest city, Kumasi. The two students, aged 19 and 20, have been working as volunteers for a charity. They have not been named. They were seized on Tuesday evening outside their apartment in the Ahodwo district and bundled into a […]

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s pro-democracy leaders continued on Thursday to press a campaign of civil disobedience after a deadly military crackdown this week, but a show of force by government security officers across the capital, Khartoum, appeared to thwart new demonstrations. At least 108 demonstrators have been killed and hundreds of others wounded since security […]

A two-year-old boy has been killed by a leopard in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The leopard managed to access a fenced off area of the park and grab the boy, who was the son of an employee. Family members rushed the boy to hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival. The park said […]

Protest leaders dismiss army’s offer to hold talks as medics say 40 bodies pulled from Nile in wake of deadly crackdown. Sudanese protest leaders have “totally” rejected the military’s offer for an unconditional resumption of talks as the death toll since a violent dispersal of a protest camp jumped to 101. The toll rose on […]