Benin’s political opposition has failed to win any seats in parliament, according to provisional election results released over the weekend, as two parties aligned with President Patrice Talon secured control over the entire body. The January 11 election came just over one month after soldiers attempted to topple Talon in a failed coup bid and three months […]
Polls have opened in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, though voting has been disrupted by widespread logistical delays across the country amid an internet shutdown. At 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT), the BBC observed that things had yet to get going at five polling stations in the capital, Kampala, an hour after voting was due […]
A daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sworn into parliament, less than a fortnight after her half-sister was forced to step down. Brumelda Zuma became one of South Africa’s newest MPs on Wednesday, representing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the opposition party led by her father. Her half-sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, resigned from parliament […]
Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to reapply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S. The 91-year-old writer said in 2016 that he had torn up his U.S. green card and renounced his American […]
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC. Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India. In recent weeks, there has been speculation about his health, although family members and political allies had dismissed reports suggesting he was critically […]
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement that the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens. The US embassy in Mali said on Friday the fee had been […]
A South African farm worker has described to a court how he was forced by his boss to feed the bodies of two black women to pigs in an attempt to hide evidence after they were shot. Adrian De Wet, 21, said he was told to throw the bodies inside a pig enclosure, explaining that […]
Former Defence Minister and vocal critic of Togo’s government, Marguerite Gnakadé, has been arrested, according to security sources. Gnakadé, the sister-in-law of long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé, recently called for his resignation and urged the military to stand with the people in ending decades of dynastic rule. “She was arrested for serious acts, including her recent […]
Police have physically removed The Gambia’s auditor general, Momodou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a government reshuffle carried out by President Adama Barrow. Ceesay, who has spent almost three years as auditor general in the West African state, says he had turned down Barrow’s recent offer to […]
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has confirmed that two Air Peace pilots tested positive for alcohol and cannabis following a runway excursion at Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13, 2025. A preliminary accident report, signed by the NSIB’s Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs. Bimbo Olawumi Oladeji, revealed that the Boeing […]
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so. In a victory for two couples who brought the case, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law was a “colonial import” that amounted to gender-based discrimination. Henry van der Merwe was […]
South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity in a move that some fear could reignite the country’s civil war. Justice Minister Joseph Geng Akech said the charges against Machar relate to an attack in March by a militia allegedly linked to the vice-president. The roads leading […]
