Protesters reject army bid to remove president on health reasons, call it attempt by old guard to maintain status quo. Hundreds of thousands of Algerians have marched through the streets of the capital and other major cities for a sixth straight Friday to demand the immediate departure of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the ruling elite. […]

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Killings in northwestern Nigeria announced just hours before polls open for the country’s presidential election. Abuja, Nigeria – Gunmen have killed more than 60 people during attacks on two communities in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state. A government statement on Friday, which confirmed the attacks, said security personnel had been “deployed to the area and arrests have […]

At least 59 ‘bandits’ and seven civil defence fighters die in clashes, which officials say started after attempted raid. At least 59 “bandits” were killed by a civilian defence force when they attacked a village in northwest Nigeria, security officials and locals said. Local reports said the death toll could be even higher, after a […]

Preliminary results due on Tuesday and the final tally on Friday, with incumbent Macky Sall expected to win. Dakar, Senegal – Polls have closed in Senegal and ballots are being counted after millions took part in the West African country’s presidential election. Long queues formed early on Sunday morning outside polling stations in the capital, […]

A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of 17, and only learned about it 11 years later when she tried to have another child. Bongekile Msibi was among 48 women sterilised without consent at state hospitals, the Commission for […]

Nigeria’s environment ministry has launched an investigation after a video emerged of an endangered manatee, also known as a sea cow, being dragged along a dusty road by a group of young men. It is not clear when the footage was filmed. The animal has been tied in ropes and can be seen trying to […]

A Togo opposition leader has accused authorities of setting up fake polling stations in Saturday’s presidential election to skew the result in favour of the incumbent. Agbéyomé Kodjo made the accusation against President Faure Gnassingbé who has been in power since 2005 when he took over from his father. The president’s office is quoted by […]

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday (Feb 22) that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on African Union member states “to come together to be more aggressive in attacking” […]

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, 80, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police have said. Mr Thabane announced he would be stepping down in July because of old age, without commenting about the case. His current wife Maesaiah Thabane has already been charged with the murder. He would […]