Tunisia: President Kais Saeid fires Prime minister Najla Bouden
Kais Saied "terminated the functions" of Prime Minister Najla Bouden, who had been the first woman to lead a government in Tunisia, according to a press release and a video from the Tunisian presidency released Tuesday shortly before midnight.
Niger coup: First evacuation flight lands at Paris airport
The first evacuation flight from Niger arrived in Paris on Wednesday morning, following a coup last week that toppled the country's democratically elected president.
Former Ivorian nationalist president Henri Konan Bedie dies at 89
Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power even in his latter days, has died aged 89, his party said.
Two dead, five wounded in Senegal bus petrol bomb attack
Two people were killed and five wounded when an attacker hurled a petrol bomb on a bus in Dakar on Tuesday, the interior minister said.
Niger’s PM asks for international support to restore democracy
Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, who has been stuck outside the country since last week’s coup, appealed to the international community on Tuesday to help his country restore democracy.
South Africa: Visit by the head of Japanese diplomacy
With around 273 Japanese companies operating in South Africa, providing more than 200,000 jobs, the head of Japanese diplomacy called for closer cooperation with Pretoria.
Supermoon shines in skies above Johannesburg
The moon appeared brighter and bigger than normal because it was closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
Presidential hopes darken for Senegal’s Sonko
The charges laid on Monday are just the latest in a string of court cases Sonko has faced in recent years.
Bayern train without Sadio Mane ahead of Liverpool match in Singapore
Bayern are without Sadio Mane, who just announced that he is set to join Al-Nassr after only one year at German club.
Volunteers redouble efforts to restore Mogadishu’s golden coast
Organisers say so far 2 million kilogrammes of rubbish has been collected here. That includedsdiscarded plastics which are harmful to marine life