The Supreme Court of Nigeria has delivered its judgment on the legitimacy of the Kabiru Turaki-led PDP faction’s convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.
South African locals harassed Ghanaian migrants in viral videos. Ghana's government demanded an investigation while residents prepared for upcoming protests.
A roadside bomb killed four troops in the north of Burkina Faso, an area wracked by a jihadist insurgency for years, the army said on Saturday. Disgruntled army officers have carried out two coups this year in a show of anger at failures to roll back the insurgency.
South Africa's ruling party protested outside a top court Saturday after it ordered the release of a Polish immigrant whose killing of an anti-apartheid hero in 1993 almost sparked civil conflict. On Saturday, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and the South African Communist Party (SACP) -- both of which have ties to Hani -- led a gathering outside the court to protest the decision.
The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold its next presidential polls on December 20, 2023, the country's electoral commission said Saturday. The electoral commission's president said "persisting insecurity in some parts of the territory" would be a challenge to holding a "free, democratic and transparent" vote.
Morocco coach Walid Regragui said his team would try and draw on the "special emotions" of their Belgian-born players when they take on Roberto Martinez's side at the World Cup on Sunday. "They have a special emotion and a positive energy and you have to try and draw from that," Regragui said at his pre-match press conference on Saturday.
M23 rebels were still fighting and advancing on one front of their offensive in east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as a ceasefire came into force, civilian and military sources said. M23 rebels were to withdraw from "occupied zones", failing which the East African regional force would intervene.
In the chaotic displacement camps near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, war victims recount brutal stories of rape and brushes with death in their flight from advancing rebels. War-wounded also live in the displacement camps, a testament to the brutality of the conflict.
M23 rebels were still fighting and advancing on one front of their offensive in east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, civilian and military sources said, just hours before a ceasefire was to come into force. M23 rebels were to withdraw from "occupied zones", failing which the East African regional force would intervene.
The military has foiled a coup attempt in Sao Tome and Principe, the prime minister of the island nation off the western coast of Africa said in a video message confirmed by AFP on Friday.
Mali's junta has hit back at a new report accusing the army and Russian paramilitaries as well as rebels of "grave crimes" against civilians, saying it "totally rejects" the charges. The government said it "totally rejects" the FIDH charges of persecution against the Peul community, which is often accused of supplying men for jihadist groups.
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