CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea’s former Constitutional Court president, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption-related offences in a high-profile case involving the management of public funds allocated to the country’s top constitutional judicial institution.
Nigeria confirmed one imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory on 20 October 2026. The patient is a woman who recently travelled from Uganda. She developed symptoms on 7 October, sought care at a private
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s parliament has unanimously approved a revised penal code reinstating the death penalty for several serious offences, reversing the country’s 2018 abolition of capital punishment and raising fresh concerns about human rights and the military-led
From Tunisia to Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco, young Africans are weighing dangerous journeys and uncertain futures abroad against unemployment, weak public services and limited opportunities at home. The figures reveal a retention crisis but they also require careful interpretation. The
MPIGI, Uganda — Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan army sergeant major who became a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame, has been found beheaded in neighbouring Uganda, prompting renewed concerns about the safety of Rwandan dissidents living in exile. Kabera,
CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain its leader until 2030 and selected him as its sole presidential candidate for the next election, intensifying debate over the country’s political future and the battle
