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Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga said problems with the election board meant the vote would not be fair. File photograph:   Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Odinga’s sister arrested ahead of Kenyan election rerun
  • October 23, 2017, 17:50

Opposition leader’s supporters hold protests after he pulls out of controversial contest

The appointment of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as WHO “goodwill ambassador” has been widely criticised. Photograph: Reuters WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role
  • October 22, 2017, 13:41

Decision to name Mugabe had provoked outrage from medics and rights groups

Peter Mutharika, president of Malawi: been visiting parts of the country affected by the violence.  Photograph:  Riccardo Savi/Getty Images Malawi arrests 140 in clampdown after ‘vampirism’ killings
  • October 20, 2017, 19:54

Wave of attacks in southeastern African country sees at least nine people lynched

Egyptian Army soldiers guard  the Al Masah Capital Management Ltd building in Egypt’s new administrative capital, approximately 45 km north of the current capital Cairo. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters At least 16 police officers killed in Egyptian desert shoot-out
  • October 20, 2017, 19:26

Authorities were following a lead to an apartment with 8 suspected Hasm members

South African president Jacob Zuma: ANC is due to vote on his successor. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo/Reuters Zuma under pressure as FBI probes US links to Gupta family
  • October 19, 2017, 17:44

Probes into alleged graft involving controversial South African business family widen

South Africa’s then education minister Blade Nzimande signs an agreement in Paris alongside his French counterpart, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, while presidents Jacob Zuma and François Hollande look on, in July 2016. Photograph: Jeremy Lempin/Reuters ANC may live to regret Zuma’s sacking of communist minister
  • Bill Corcoran
  • October 17, 2017, 18:24

South African president’s decision may have grave repercussions in 2019 general election

Somali government forces on Sunday secure the scene of an explosion in  the Hodan district of Mogadishu. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks rises to more than 300
  • October 16, 2017, 18:03

Mogadishu hospitals packed as locals search for relatives killed in country’s deadliest attack in decade

The scene of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, one of two  bomb blasts that struck  Somalia’s capital. Photograph: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images Mogadishu truck bombing: 200 dead in Somalia’s worst terrorist attack
  • October 15, 2017, 20:24

Three days of national mourning declared after ‘horrific’ attack that left another 100 injured

Somali security forces and others  search for bodies near destroyed buildings at the scene of Saturday’s blast in Mogadishu. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo Mogadishu truck bomb: Death toll rises to over 200
  • October 15, 2017, 16:54

Somali capital reels following the most powerful blast ever witnessed in the city

 Vehicles burn at the scene of a massive explosion in front of Safari Hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Said Yusuf Warsame/EPA Car bombs ‘kill at least 22’ in Somalian capital
  • October 14, 2017, 19:32

Death toll in Mogadishu expected to rise with dozens injured, say police

George Weah at home on Rehab Road, Paynesville suburb, Monrovia. Photograph: Lorraine Mallinder Hint of Charles Taylor link may yet hurt Liberia’s would-be king
  • Lorraine Mallinder
  • October 14, 2017, 02:00

George Weah leading presidential race, but any link to war criminal likely to do harm

South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma. South Africa’s appeals court has ruled that Zuma must face a range of corruption charges. File photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters Jacob Zuma to face corruption charges after ruling
  • Bill Corcoran
  • October 13, 2017, 17:55

South African court reinstates 783 counts of fraud, racketeering and money-laundering

 Opposition supporters hold up bricks during a protest in Kisumu, Kenya, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images Kenya bans protests from city centres amid election standoff
  • October 12, 2017, 13:28

Move follows repeated clashes as opposition alliance demands electoral reforms

Emmerson Mnangagwa was  stripped of his  influential post in an overnight cabinet reshuffle. Photograph:  AFP/Getty Images Robert Mugabe demotes key contender for party leadership
  • Bill Corcoran
  • October 10, 2017, 21:53

Zimbabwe’s president promotes members associated with faction loyal to his wife

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks during a news conference in whichhe announced that he would not stand in a court-ordered re-run of August’s presidential election. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Kenya faces new political crisis as opposition leader withdraws from election
  • October 10, 2017, 16:35

Nationwide protests called for as president insists poll re-run will go ahead next month

Liberian election: George Weah and Jewel Haward-Taylor wave to supporters. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Soccer great Weah denies links to notorious warlord
  • Lorraine Mallinder
  • October 9, 2017, 01:00

Controversy over choice of Charles Taylor’s ex-wife as running mate in Liberian election

Supporters of the opposition coalition The National Super Alliance (NASA) and its presidential candidate Raila Odinga flee as the police fire tear gas  in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: EPA/Daniel Irungu Police fire tear gas at protesters in Kenya as election tensions escalate
  • October 6, 2017, 18:50

Opposition demands removal of officials involved in August’s cancelled election

Takun J (middle) with Adama Dennis (right) at the Redemption Beach compound in Monrovia. Photograph: Lorraine Mallinder Liberia’s ballot riddled with legacy of civil conflict
  • Lorraine Mallinder
  • October 6, 2017, 01:00

Country will next Tuesday vote in election widely seen as a test of still-fragile peace

South Africa’s deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa takes part in a press conference in London, England. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images South Africa’s ANC faces further turmoil in election contest
  • Bill Corcoran
  • October 5, 2017, 17:27

A brawl in East London is part of the latest twist in the party’s hunt for Jacob Zuma’s successor

 A member of South Africa’s Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) waves a sign during a demonstration calling for the removal of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma  in Johannesburg. Photograph: Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images South African unions protest against ‘elite predator’ Zuma
  • Bill Corcoran
  • September 27, 2017, 17:53

ANC alliance partners mobilise thousands for rallies in all nine provincial capitals

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