Dozens remain missing as rescuers retrieve the bodies of 24 miners from two flooded mine shafts west of Harare. Eight miners have been rescued from two flooded mine shafts west of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, officials have said, although dozens more miners are still missing and feared dead. “So far we have managed to bring […]

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 […]

Yang Fenglan was found guilty of smuggling about 860 pieces of ivory over several years to Asia. A Chinese businesswoman labelled the “Ivory Queen” has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian judge for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants. Yang Feng Glan, 69, had been charged in October 2015 […]

Election commission postpones release of initial results of presidential poll, raising fears of rigging and violence. Preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo’s tumultuous presidential election will be delayed past Sunday’s deadline, the head of the election commission has said. The announcement on Saturday has prompted fears the vote result could be manipulated, with analysts […]

In our series of letters from African journalists, the editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers the controversy over the latest plan to deal with insecurity in his country. Last week, I helped pay a ransom to free the kidnapped wife and two daughters of a friend. The three had been held […]

SADC says Kinshasa should recount votes of the disputed December 30 election and form a national unity government. The Democratic Republic of Congo should recount the votes of its contested presidential election that the runner-up says was rigged, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said. “A recount would provide the necessary reassurance to both winners […]

Hundreds of people have died in similar accidents, as people risk their lives to collect fuel leaking from pipelines. An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said, with locals putting the number many times higher. Hundreds of […]

The indictment comes days after three ex-Credit Suisse bankers were charged in the US for their role in the scandal. At least 18 people, including a former finance minister, have been charged for fraud involving $2bn in loans to state-owned companies in Mozambique, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has said, in a scandal that has ensnared […]

‘Larger than ever’ demonstrations hit Khartoum and other cities as month-long protests claim another life. A 24-year-old man has died of his wounds during protests in Sudan as thousands of demonstrators continued their protests across several cities, calling on longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, to step down. Family members of the latest victim, Maawiya Bashir, told […]

Bogaletch Gebre, who has died aged 65 or 66, was a scientist and activist whose charity, KMG Ethiopia, championed women’s rights and campaigned for the eradication of female genital mutilation (FGM) – of which she had been a victim herself – and bridal abduction. KMG’s success was staggering: in the area in which it operated, […]