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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has ordered a probe into reports of abuses by the police units deployed to disperse peaceful protests in the capital Maputo on Saturday. He ordered the interior ministry to "investigate the reasons that…

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), on Thursday, voted against a motion for an inquiry into alleged widespread corruption at the state power firm Eskom. The state utility firm has been at the centre of…

Chad has nationalised all the assets and rights, including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorisations, that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, the West African nation’s energy and hydrocarbons ministry said in a…

Islamic police in Nigeria's northern Kano state has warned Muslims against violating religious norms during the holy month of Ramadan, including "eating in public". In a statement on Thursday, the religious police force, known as Hisbah…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was imprisoned for more than 10 years for war crimes, as defence minister in a sweeping government…

Zambia’s main opposition party, Patriotic Front (PF), has expressed concern that the US is "pushing homosexuality agenda" in the southern African country. PF leader Given Lubinda on Wednesday cited an executive order and a presidential…

Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries are surging in the United States and set a record in 2022, according to the American Library Association (ALA). More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the…

Four Kenyan MPs have been charged with unlawful assembly after taking part in anti-government protests on Monday, the Reuters news agency says quoting their lawyer. During the demonstrations, police tear-gassed opposition leader Raila…

Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister Habibullah…

Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials and the Israeli police said, as Israeli incursions into the territory show no signs of letting up during the Muslim holy month of…