African breaking news

The daughter of former Mozambique president Armando Guebuza, Valentina Guebuza, is reported to have been shot dead by her husband in the capital Maputo, Folha de Maputo reports.Her husband, Zofino

Months after controversial Tanzanian pastor, Anthony Lusekelo, was arrested and subjected to alcoholic test, he has vowed that all journalists that defamed him in their reports will die before March

Thirty children who were smuggled into South Africa from Malawi have been repatriated. They were found near Rustenburg in the North West in July‚ after having travelled more than 2‚500km

Gambia's security forces reportedly take over election commission headquarters and stop employees from entering according to the chairman.Earlier in the day, ECOWAS head Marcel de Souza told France's RFI radio

West African leaders will travel to Gambia on Tuesday in an effort to convince longtime President Yahya Jammeh to step down after his loss in the December 1 election.Jammeh initially

The family of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has disowned some photographs currently trending in the media believed to be pre-wedding photographs of their daughter, Zahra and Mohammed Indimi.In a statement

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the outcome of last week's election that he lost to former security guard Adama Barrow and called for fresh elections.In an announcement on state

President John Mahama called Mr Akufo-Addo to admit defeat, after the main opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP) leader was declared winner and president-elect of the Republic of Ghana by the

Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe is accused of buying a US$1,3 million diamond from a Lebanese diamond dealer, Jamal Ahmed in Dubai last year and then seeking a refund after

Ugandan police have been praised on Twitter today because some male officers have been walking in women's shoes. They are marking the "Walk a mile in Her Shoes" campaign.The event

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, assured the international community that the end of Boko Haram terrorists was in sight.The President gave the assurance at the meeting of

Over 15 million Ghanaians all over the country will head to the polls this morning, December 7, 2016 to take part in the presidential and parliamentary elections.The polls will open across

Child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen on Tuesday became the first member of Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army to ever go on trial. Ongwen denied all 70 charges of war crimes and crimes

A Hout Bay woman has caused an outrage after a racist Facebook rant about the supposed influx of black residents in the area.The African National Congress in the Western Cape

The driver of a minibus was left spechless when he found a newborn baby hidden under the seat of his car at the Pavilion shopping centre, in Durban, South Africa

Kenyan authorities have launched a major operation to return 100 mentally ill patients to the Mathari hospital in the capital, Nairobi, after they escaped over ongoing strike by doctors and