The Supreme Court has taken action on a major application filed by David Mark, the former Senate President, on the crisis rocking the coalition party, ADC.
Romuald Wadagni wins Benin presidential election with over 94% of the vote, as Paul Hounkpè concedes. He faces security and economic challenges ahead.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's welcoming and cheerful smile belies an uncompromising nature that saw the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma during a high-level corruption probe. In March he was named South Africa's chief justice, an all-powerful role he now plans to return to full time.
Suspected jihadists killed at least 34 people in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, officials and sources said Monday. In northern Burkina Faso, 12 people died on Saturday in an attack at Namissiguima in Yatenga province, another security source said, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
Libya's Tripoli-based government sought on Monday to quell public anger over chronic power cuts, devoting its weekly meeting to the electricity sector and admitting it had underestimated the problem.
Street markets in Mali's capital Bamako buzzed with excitement Monday after West African states lifted a six-month trade embargo imposed over the country's latest coup, allowing traders to once again shop abroad for goods.
Libyans angered by rising prices, chronic power cuts and political deadlock planned further demonstrations Monday after a night of angry protests across the capital. On top of the political deadlock, Libyans' living standards have been hit hard by price hikes on food imports due to the war in Ukraine.
The Tunisian jurist who oversaw the drafting of a new constitution submitted to President Kais Saied said Sunday it has been changed into a charter that could lead to a dictatorship.
The Tunisian jurist who oversaw the drafting of a new constitution submitted to President Kais Saied said Sunday it has been changed into a charter that could lead to a dictatorship. "It has nothing to do with the text we drafted and submitted to the president," the top jurist said, withdrawing his support.
Hundreds of Sudanese protesters demanding an end to military rule took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its suburbs for a fourth straight day Sunday, witnesses said.
A start-up entrepreneur from South Africa wants to change the way edible caterpillars popularly known as "mopane worms" are viewed and eaten. Edible insects and worms may indeed be gaining popularity in Western cultures.
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