Uganda's Bobi Wine condemns police ban of his Boxing Day concert in Kampala, vows to step up legal battle to hold political concerts against President Museveni's regime. Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper reports that security forces cordoned off the One Love Beach venue in the Kampala neighborhood of Busabala, where the popular popstar and lawmak ...

Andry Rajoelina, who returned to the helm of Madagascar after last week's hotly-contested election, is one of three politicians to have dominated the politics of the Indian Ocean island nation. Nicknamed the disc jockey , a moniker he earned from his popularity for promoting parties in the capital Antananarivo, Rajoelina burst onto the politica ...

Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina has beaten his rival and predecessor Marc Ravalomanana in an election beset by allegations of fraud from both sides, the electoral commission said Thursday. Rajoelina has returned to power after he won 55.66 percent against 44.34 percent for Ravalomanana, it said. The results, announced under high s ...

Did South Africa's Gupta Brothers also capture the bankrupt SABC? The names of the powerful Guptas at the center of the State Capture scandal which caused the downfall of ousted President Jacob Zuma have emerged in the list of businessmen who fed fat on the bankrupt public SABC broadcaster. City Press says the footprints of the Gupta ...

The French presidency has written to Emmanuel Macron's disgraced former bodyguard Alexandre Benalla raising concerns over his recent work as a consultant in Africa, according to the letter seen by AFP on Thursday. Benalla faces criminal charges after it emerged in July that he roughed up protesters during a May Day demonstration in Paris while ...

Five African heads of state on Wednesday voiced strong concern over the violence during the presidential campaign of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where voting has been postponed until March in the regions of Beni-Butembo and Yumbi. Clashes in some locations are enough to compromise voter's peace of mind, said a statement issued at the end o ...

Tenacity of young Boko Haram hostage Leah Sharibu, Leah Sharibu, Nigerian of the Year? While millions of Nigerian parents were locked in a buying spree for gifts for their children, on Christmas Eve, The Nation newspaper reported on Monday that there is one woman who won't be celebrating Christmas. She is the mother of Le ...

Marc Ravalomanana, the former Madagascar president who has sought another term, urged supporters Sunday to protest as he appeared headed for defeat in a run-off poll. I call on all Madagascans who feel they have suffered injustice and a violation of their right to vote to stand up and dare to defend their choice, he said in a speech. Our c ...

Come December and Ghana's coastal capital, Accra, is abuzz with people celebrating the holidays over a glass of Kokroko, pito or palm wine. For Ghanaians, it is traditional and locally made drinks that have been resurrected or often given a new twist that are de rigueur during the festive season. This month is all about parties, drinking and ...

Crowds of Moroccans gathered Saturday to mourn two Scandinavian hikers brutally murdered by suspected jihadists in the High Atlas mountains. Hundreds of people paid tribute to Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland outside the embassies of their homelands in the capital Rabat. Signs laid out or ...

Spain on Saturday authorised a ship carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya to sail to its waters after Italy and Malta refused to receive them. The Spanish coastguard due to the refusal or lack of response from the nearest ports, has authorised (the ship's) movement to Spanish territorial waters, a government statement said, with the ...

Andry Rajoelina looks set to return to Madagascar's presidency, as partial results from Wednesday's run-off gave him a 10-point lead. Final results, expected next week, may be contested, with presidential rival Marc Ravalomanana claiming vote rigging. With three million ballots counted out of some five million cast, Rajoelina had won 55.1 percen ...

Seven people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The jihadist al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the blasts outside the national theatre, 500 metres from the palace. The second blast was very big, witness Idil Hassan told AFP. I saw the dead bodies of several people, ...

Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina was set to return to power as partial election results on Saturday gave him a clear lead over his rival Marc Ravalomanana with more than half the votes counted. With over 3 million ballots counted out of about 5 million cast, Rajoelina had won 55.1 percent against 44.8 percent for Ravalomanana after We ...

Former president Andry Rajoelina on Friday took an early lead in Madagascar's election count with a clear advantage over his rival Marc Ravalomanana, according to partial official results. With about one-third of polling stations counted, Rajoelina had 54.85 percent of the vote and Ravalomanana had 45.15 percent after the head-to-head election o ...

Guinea-Bissau will hold legislative elections in March -- four months after a vote was originally scheduled -- in an attempt to defuse a long-running crisis, the presidency said Thursday. The former Portuguese colony, one of the world's poorest countries, has been locked in a political standoff since President Jose Mario Vaz sacked his premier i ...

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to carry out a thorough investigation into the response by peacekeepers to an attack last month in the Central African Republic, that killed as many as 100 civilians at a displaced persons camp, according to the rights group. On 15 November, a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in ...

Vote counting in Madagascar's presidential election was roiled by accusations of fraud on Thursday as the two candidates both claimed victory in a stand-off that has raised fears of instability on the Indian Ocean island. Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, both former presidents and long-time rivals, are locked in a duel for power after they ...

Here is a recap of previous attacks targeting foreign tourists holidaying in North Africa, after Moroccan authorities arrested three suspects in the murder this week of two Scandinavian hikers. Morocco On April 28, 2011, a bomb attack on a popular tourist cafe in the city of Marrakesh kills 17 people, 11 of them European citizens, an ...

Madagascar released early partial results on Thursday the day after its presidential election, with both candidates claiming victory in a head-to-head duel that has raised fears of instability on the Indian Ocean island. The vote count is set to be tense as Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, both former presidents, hope to emerge on top afte ...