Africa

The UN says it is “gravely concerned” at the number of civilians fleeing violence in northern Mozambique, where it says around 300,000 people have been displaced in recent months.

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission said on Tuesday that armed men had destroyed most of the vote count from the country’s election, and it would be unable to publish results.

President Hassan criticised European Union parliamentarians after they voted last week to suspend aid to Tanzania over the violence.

Mali is one of Africa’s top gold producers and relies heavily on mining for export earnings and fiscal revenues.

UN refugee agency says attacks spilling into previously safe districts, overwhelming aid efforts, heightening risks for women, children

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigned with immediate effect on health grounds, the president’s spokesman said, as the country grapples with a wave of mass kidnappings.

The country’s electoral body was not in position to publish the outcome of presidential and legislative elections as demanded by ECOWAS, says an official.

Nonkululeko Mantula is a presenter on the state broadcaster’s SAFM radio station and was arrested alongside four men after a tip off, South African police said.

United States President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.

President Donald Trump on Monday launched the US presidency of the Group of 20 by wiping clean the website of outgoing host South Africa.