John Conyers: Veteran congressman gives up post amid harassment inquiry
The longest-serving member of the US Congress says he is stepping aside as top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee while sexual harassment allegations are investigated.
John Conyers again denied the accusations, but said he...
Macron to visit Ghana in first Africa tour
Macron's advisers say he hopes to modernise France's relations with Africa by emphasising business links, education and sport rather than development aid. Although Macron has pledged to increase France's aid budget to 0.55 percent...
Zimbabwe ex-minister Chombo in court on corruption charges
Zimbabwe's former finance minister, who was taken into custody by the military after it took power, has appeared in court in Harare on corruption charges.
A lawyer for Ignatius Chombo said the ex-minister had been...
Egypt attack: President Sisi pledges forceful response
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has vowed to respond with "the utmost force" after 300 people were killed at a North Sinai mosque during Friday prayers.
The al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed...
Donald Trump says he turned down Time’s Person of the Year
Time Magazine is disputing US President Donald Trump's account of how he rejected a request for an interview and photo shoot ahead of its Person of the Year issue.
On Friday, Mr Trump tweeted that...
Egypt Sinai: Bomb and gun attack on mosque ‘kills 85’
Suspected militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai province, killing 85 people, the state news agency says.
Witnesses told Egyptian media it happened in the town of...
Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's president in a ceremony at a packed stadium in the country's capital, Harare.
It follows the dramatic departure of Robert Mugabe after 37 years of authoritarian rule.
The...
Court increases Oscar Pistorius jail term
A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was too...
Zimbabwe’s new leader to be sworn in today
Emmerson Mnangagwa is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's president, following the dramatic departure of Robert Mugabe after 37 years of authoritarian rule.
The former vice-president - who returned from exile on Wednesday - will...
Rwanda offers refuge to enslaved Libya migrants
Rwanda has offered to give refuge to around 30,000 African migrants stuck in Libya often in enslaved conditions.
It comes in the wake of a video, released by CNN last week, showing men being auctioned...