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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the eulogy at the Special Official Funeral service for the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Madikizela-Mandela funeral attended by tens of thousands

Bill Corcoran
April 15, 2018, 17:10

Last-minute compromise between family and ANC enabled party to address mourners

Some of the released Chibok girls on May 8th, 2017. They were among 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 from a secondary school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria. Some 112 still remain in captivity. Photograph: Getty Images

‘Abandoned in captivity’: Chibok kidnappings cast long shadow

Sally Hayden
April 14, 2018, 01:00

More than 1,000 children taken by Boko Haram since start of Nigerian conflict in 2009

Mourners attend the memorial service of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa, on Wednesday. Photograph: EPA/STR

South Africans pay tribute to the late Winnie Mandela

April 11, 2018, 20:07

She campaigned tirelessly for husband Nelson Mandela’s release from jail but her legacy was later tarnished

Inhabitants of the mainly Muslim PK5 neighbourhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, deposit bodies of victims of clashes in front of the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in the city. Photograph: Florent Vergnes/AFP/Getty Images

Central African Republic demonstrators lay corpses in front of UN mission

April 11, 2018, 19:43

UN peacekeepers and local forces battle armed groups in Bangui since Sunday

Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has repeatedly said this year’s general election will be held in a “free and fair” manner. Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

Zimbabwe lifts ban on election monitoring by EU and US

Bill Corcoran
April 11, 2018, 17:40

President Mnangagwa is seeking to rebuild bridges with international community

Boufarik is in northern Algeria, 30km southeast of the capital Algiers.

More than 250 people killed in Algerian military plane crash

April 11, 2018, 16:56

Dead include 26 members of Polisario Front group fighting for Western Sahara independence

Former South African president Jacob Zuma appears at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Friday. Photograph: Getty Images

Jacob Zuma proclaims innocence as corruption trial adjourned

Bill Corcoran
April 6, 2018, 14:48

Former South Africa president faces charges relating to multibillion-euro arms deal

Former South African president Jacob Zuma faces 16 charges of corruption. Photograph: AFP

Thousands of Zuma supporters expected outside court

Bill Corcoran
April 5, 2018, 20:17

Former president of South Africa faces 16 charges of corruption

Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio takes his oath as Sierra Leone’s new president in Freetown. Photograph: Olivia Acland/Reuters

Defeated candidate to challenge Sierra Leone election outcome

Clarence Roy-Macauley
April 5, 2018, 17:20

Result disputed after Julius Maada Bio sworn in as president in late-night ceremony

South African National Congress Women’s League members sing and mourn outside Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s home in Soweto, Johannesburg. Photograph: EPA/STR

Tributes paid to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Bill Corcoran
April 3, 2018, 19:57

South Africa to give anti-apartheid icon and ex-wife of late Nelson Mandela a state funeral

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela smiles as she is greeted by Women’s League supporters gathered in Soweto to celebrate her 80th birthday in 2016. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Official memorial service to be held for Winnie Mandela

Bill Corcoran
April 3, 2018, 08:23

South African anti-apartheid campaigner died aged 81 after a long illness

Newspaper vendors on a Maputo roadside. Photograph: Louise McLoughlin

Innovation aims to improve journalism in Mozambique

Louise McLoughlin
April 3, 2018, 01:00

In a country where free press has been permitted only since 1991, there is a lack of skilled journalists – an issue now being tackled by many interesting media projects

A Red Cross vehicle arrives at the air force base in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on March 21st as Boko Haram militants return girls who were abducted from their Nigeria school a month earlier. Photograph: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Maiduguri, Nigeria

April 2, 2018, 11:10

The gun attack took place on Sunday night in Bale Shuwari, leaving 68 people injured

Newspaper vendors on a Maputo roadside, Mozambique. Photograph: Louise McLoughlin

Mozambique’s press faces violent reprisals in its war for freedom

Louise McLoughlin
April 2, 2018, 01:01

The nation’s journalists still run the risk of abduction, detention and death threats

Vicki Momberg: If her appeal fails, she will become the first person in South Africa to go to prison for subjecting someone to racial abuse. Screengrab: YouTube

Woman jailed for two years in South Africa for racial abuse

Bill Corcoran
March 28, 2018, 16:13

Former estate agent Vicki Momberg abused black police officers who came to her aid

Grace Mugabe: has been nicknamed “Gucci Grace”and her wealth has prompted questions as to its provenance and suspicions of her involvement in illegal activities. Photograph: Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images

Grace Mugabe links to ivory trade under investigation

Bill Corcoran
March 26, 2018, 20:30

Claims Zimbabwe’s former first lady is involved in illegal export of contraband ivory

Former South African president Jacob Zuma: to face charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Jacob Zuma due in South African court next month

March 26, 2018, 18:32

Former president is accused of fraud, racketeering and money laundering

Robert Mugabe at his residence in Harare last week. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, has spoken out in public after he resigned under pressure last November. Photograph: Aron Ufumeli/EPA

Mugabe (94) refuses to go quietly into the night

Bill Corcoran
March 21, 2018, 20:30

Zimbabwe’s ex-president has met with opposition party backed by an ousted faction of ruling Zanu-PF

Tape marks vacant land in Olievenhoutbosch near Centurion in South Africa: whites own 72 per cent of land held by individuals, even though they make up only about 9 per cent of the population. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko

Fears over private property to fore in South African politics

Bill Corcoran
March 21, 2018, 20:28

ANC moving to amend constitution to permit expropriation of land without compensation

Aishat Alhaji (second right), one of the kidnapped girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Nigeria, shortly after her release. Photograph: Jossy Ola/AP

Boko Haram issues threat as it returns abducted schoolgirls

March 21, 2018, 19:33

‘Don’t ever put your daughters in school again,’ extremists tell residents of Dapchi

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