9 a.m. Learn about South Africa’s history The Castle of Good Hope was built as a fort starting in 1666…
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She had badgered her friends and family to persuade them to vote for a major change of government. And on…
With the concession of his main rival, a young political outsider backed by a powerful opposition figure has won a…
Uganda’s president, who has been in office for nearly four decades, has appointed his son as the head of the…
In Senegal, the president tried to cancel an election. In Niger, a military coup d’état toppled an elected president, who…
A prominent DR Congo journalist was released from prison late Tuesday after spending six months behind bars, a colleague announced.…
Gambian lawmakers have voted to advance a measure revoking a ban on female genital cutting by removing legal protections for…
Niger’s government announced on Saturday that it was breaking off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United…
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison in Dakar on…
A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of…