South African hospital worker arrested with human placentas
A South African hospital cleaner has been arrested after being found in…
US deportees sue Ghana over ‘illegal’ detention
Eleven people detained in Ghana after being deported from the US have…
At least 10 dead in Lagos high-rise office building fire
At least ten people have died and 25 others injured after a…
Togo leader’s sister-in-law arrested after calling for end to family rule
A former defence minister and vocal critic of Togo's government, Marguerite Gnakadé,…
Search for ancient Egyptian gold bracelet missing from Cairo museum
Authorities across Egypt are searching for a 3,000-year-old bracelet reported missing from…
Trucks set ablaze as militants block key Senegal-Mali trade route
Mali's military government has sought to calm anger over a blockade by…
Gunmen kill 22 after shooting at baptism ceremony in Niger – reports
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending…
‘The hungry can’t stay silent’ – behind deadly protests in oil-rich Angola
People in parts of the Angolan capital, Luanda, are still afraid to…
Chinese-linked mining firms sued over ‘ecological catastrophe’ in Zambia
Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked…
Fears balloon of a return to civil war in South Sudan over treason trial
Fears that South Sudan - the world's youngest nation - could plunge…
