Dennis OsadebeA Tunisian court has handed jail terms to dozens of opposition leaders, lawyers and businessmen accused of attempting to overthrow the nation’s president. Forty people including opposition leader Jawahar Ben…
Dennis OsadebeZambia’s parliament has declared vacant the seat held by the daughter of the late ex-President Edgar Lungu, because of her continued absence in the wake of his death. Until her…
Dennis OsadebeThe story begins with Jeamie’s grandfather, Andre-Bruno Tshikeva, a senior figure in the Zairean army in the 1950s, when the country was under Belgian rule. “In France and Belgium people…
Dennis OsadebeNomsa Maseko,BBC Africaand Khanyisile Ngcobo,Johannesburg Gallo via Getty Images The daughter of South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma denies tricking people into joining the Russia-Ukraine war One of the South African…
Dennis OsadebeGuinea-Bissau’s deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal’s authorities have announced. It follows negotiations…
Dennis OsadebeChiagozie NwonwuBBC Africa, Lagos BBC Many of the bandits who are part of the criminal gangs of the north-west hide out in forested areas Nigeria is currently grappling with a…
Dennis OsadebeThe opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power.
Dennis OsadebeNicolas Negoce, Paul Njie,BBC Africa reporters, Natasha Bootyand Wedaeli Chibelushi AFP via Getty Images Gen Horta N’Tam, centre, becomes the transitional head of state for one year An army general…
Dennis OsadebePolice in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in September. Godfrey Arthur Jalale, who served…
Dennis OsadebeSouth Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as “regrettable” the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa would not be invited to take part in next year’s G20…
