Backlash in Nigeria as main candidates shun election debate

Rights groups and lawyers fear a brutal return to authoritarianism

Constitutional Court says Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority, paving the way for him to take over from longterm leader Joseph Kabila

Human rights organisations have recorded at least 12 deaths, 78 gunshot injuries and more than 240 incidents of assault and torture

DRC says while the AU delegation is welcome, the post-electoral process will not change as Kinshasa has a sovereign right to control it

An officer says police are looking for a woman suspected to have ferried weapons from Kiunga through Mombasa to Nairobi

‘We were served with another directive for total shutdown of the internet until further notice’, Econet says

The final tally is set to be released by the election commission once the constitutional court rules on challenges to the provisional results on Friday

Ahmed Husein was part of an investigative team whose exposé lead to the resignation of the Ghana Football Association head and bans on dozens of refs and ...

Despite the ruling Zanu-PF government blaming the opposition party MDC Alliance for Monday’s violent demonstrations, seven of its members have appeared in ...

No people remain trapped inside the hotel or surrounding office buildings after the assault, during which about 700 civilians were rescued, police say.

Prosecutors filed a challenge to keep pair behind bars while ICC considers an overall appeal against acquittal

Michelle Bachelet slams government’s ‘repressive response’ to daily antigovernment demonstrations which started in December

But there are big price discrepancies depending on whether goods are paid for electronically or with banknotes, casting doubt on the official figure

Al-Shabaab says the attack is ‘a response to the witless remarks of US President, Donald Trump’ and that it is targeting ‘Western and Zionist interests ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says on Twitter violence will not improve the economy and build the nation

More than 200 members of the security forces and at least 500 civilians have been killed since 2017 as a result of the conflict