Ghana’s electoral commission had been due to announce the official results of Saturday’s presidential election by Tuesday. But by Sunday morning Mahamudu Bawumia, the country’s
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Walking Dead actor Danai Gurira inspires African playwrights with Zimbabwe workshops
A group of upcoming playwrights is gathering in the Zimbabwean capital Harare this week for an 11-day event organised by celebrated American-Zimbabwean actor Danai Gurira
Some ‘mystery disease’ patients in DRC have malaria, WHO says
Ten patients suffering from a mystery disease that has broken out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have tested positive for malaria, the head
France begins military withdrawal from Chad as influence in Africa wanes
France has begun recalling its military assets from its former ally Chad in the latest blow to its dwindling influence across its former colonies in
Airstrike on North Darfur market kills more than 100, says Sudan lawyers’ group
A Sudanese military airstrike on a market in North Darfur has killed more than 100 people, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said, amid a war marked
Six Guatemalans arrested on human smuggling charges in 2021 Mexico truck crash
Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas on Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico that
Concern as Guyana considers opening Jonestown massacre site to tourism
Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after the Rev Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the
Almost 200 massacred in Haiti as Vodou practitioners reportedly targeted
About 200 people were killed in violence in Haiti’s capital over the weekend, many in a massacre in which a gang boss reportedly targeted Vodou
‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah
A group of Nobel laureates have written to the British prime minister Keir Starmer urging him to intervene to help free the imprisoned writer Alaa
Tanzania opposition laments its ‘naivety’ over president as repression intensifies
When Samia Suluhu Hassan took office as Tanzania’s president in 2021, many in the east African country hailed what they hoped was a new dawn