Nigeria to close land borders on election day/in /by
The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said.
Tunisian president wants government to take care of “legal” migrants/in /by
The presidential call followed accusations on Wednesday by Tunisian human rights groups of hate speech after Saied said earlier that "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a "demographic" threat
Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to fight Jihadists/in /by
"An exceptional recruitment of 5,000 non-commissioned soldiers for the national armed forces, to serve for at least five years in their military region of recruitment, will take place throughout the national territory,"
Algeria dissolves pro-democracy group amid wider crackdown/in /by
The Youth Action Group, known by its French acronym, RAJ, and the left-leaning Movement for Democracy and Socialism party that was also suspended by the same decree, appear to be the latest targets of a crackdown on Algeria's dissenting voices
Nigeria’s electoral commission chairman assures safety at the polls/in /by
With days to go before Nigerians heads to the polls, the chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu gives a briefing
Deadly Chad protests: death toll now estimated at 128/in /by
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Chad estimates that 128 people died in the bloody October crackdown on opposition protests against the extension of the transitional government,
Olunga shines for Al Duhail knocking out Al Shabab/in /by
The Qatari side, managed by Hernan Crespo, will now meet Al-Hilal on Sunday
South Africa: US senators vow support for AIDS relief/in /by
Accompanied by British singer Elton John, the senators' visit is meant to mark 20 years since the launch of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR
Calib Cassim appointed as interim Eskom CEO/in /by
The state-owned utility Eskom, which currently imposes 12-hour power cuts on South Africans, has appointed an interim leader after its chief executive, Andre de Ruyter, quit in the wake of a shock interview...
Cyclone Freddy kills 7 in Madagascar, becomes a storm in Mozambique/in /by
Tropical cyclone Freddy, which has been sweeping across the Indian Ocean for several days, has killed 7 people as it passes through Madagascar and has weakened considerably as it makes landfall in Mozambique on Friday as a moderate tropical storm.