Africa

Voting ends in Tunisian parliamentary election

The vote comes two weeks after the first round of a presidential election that swept aside traditional political parties in favour of independent candidates, a trend likely to be repeated in the ballot for MPs.

'Africa's oldest' tortoise dies in Nigeria - palace

Although animal experts doubt the tortoise could have attained such an advanced age, its royal owners say Alagba, meaning Elder, had lived in the palace for centuries.

Divers fight Senegal's plastic tide

Oceanium, an association of amateur divers in the West African state of Senegal, removed hundreds of kilos of plastic rubbish in the waters around the island of Goree off the capital Dakar.

Death toll in Mali militant attacks rises to at least 38 soldiers

Meanwhile, France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to shore up local forces who are being increasingly targeted by deadly militant attacks across the vast desert expanse.

Nearly 600 Burundian refugees head home as mass repatriation starts

The agreement sparked fears among some refugees they might be forced home despite assurances from both governments and the United Nations that would not happen.

Nigeria's Buhari urges protection for foreigners in South Africa summit

President Muhammadu Buhari met his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa and stressed the importance of avoiding a repeat of attacks against foreigners that occurred in the country.

Years after the ‘Arab Spring’, unrest continues in the Middle East

The so-called Arab Spring was a movement that spread within Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa with the hope of democratic rule in the region, which still hasn’t recovered fully and there is much work to be done to achieve democracy.

Fourteen dead after illegal mine collapses in DRC

The accident happened at around 2pm in Kampene, 180 kilometres south of town of Kindu, when "dozens of people, including children and pregnant women" were at work on the site, a civil society campaigner said.

Fear and anger in Cairo

Opponents of the Egyptian government live in fear as anti-government protests lead to a crackdown on dissent.

Is Egypt’s Sisi on the retreat?

Promises of political reform and the reinstatement of food subsidies follow days of protests against President Abdel Fattah el Sisi’s government.

More than 400 Bangladeshis murdered in S Africa in four years

Government officials say most of the deaths were over business, money disputes, extra-marital affairs, and other personal arguments. Bangladesh embassy says none of Bangladesh's nationals were involved in the killings.

Sudan's first ever women football league kicks off

The start of the women's club football league comes amid expectations that current three-year transition period will see liberal policies implemented across the country, including measures to promote freedom of speech, women's rights, sport and arts.