Africa

The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Switzerland has started a criminal investigation ”to establish the circumstances of the death”.

Nigeria’s National Assembly has scrapped a bill that would have made voting mandatory, a statement from the House of Representatives speaker said on Monday.

Nigerian police said on Monday that they were investigating an explosion outside an army barracks in the centre of the capital Abuja.

Canadian company Barrick Gold says it opposes its gold mines in western Mali being placed under temporary administration.

Three former presidential hopefuls are among dozens of defendants sentenced to prison on charges of electoral fraud.

Local IT staffer has been found to be running a corruption scheme involving visa processing, Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says.

IPOB separatist group launched the sit-at-home protest in August 2021, forcing residents to stay in-doors on Mondays, to demand the release of its leader who is facing trial on terrorism charges.

The facilities, largely funded by Chinese investors, could help transform Nigeria’s vast mineral wealth into jobs within the country.

Ethiopia has confirmed its first mpox cases, involving a 21-day-old infant and the child’s mother in the southern border town of Moyale.

Uganda has “suspended” all military cooperation with Germany, with the army saying that Germany’s ambassador to Kampala is “engaged in subversive activities” in the East African country.