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Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe is accused of assaulting a 20-year-old woman. Photograph: Njikizana Jekesai/AFP/Getty Grace Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe after assault allegation
  • August 20, 2017, 14:57

South African police had placed a ‘red alert’ to stop Zimbabwe’s first lady leaving the country

South African model Gabriella Engels, who claims she was assaulted by Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, looks on during a press conference at the civil rights organisation AfriForum on Thursday in Centurion. Photograph:  Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images Outrage expressed over Grace Mugabe immunity report
  • Bill Corcoran
  • August 18, 2017, 17:42

Model claims Zimbabwe’s first lady whipped her with electric extension cable

 President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace: Ms Mugabe is accused of assaulting a young model. Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP South African borders on alert to ensure Grace Mugabe does not flee
  • August 17, 2017, 20:22

President’s wife sought diplomatic immunity over assault case but has not been charged

Grace Mugabe  speaks to her husband,   Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, at a 2016 event in Harare. Grace Mugabe seeks diplomatic immunity to avoid assault charge
  • Bill Corcoran
  • August 16, 2017, 17:17

Zimbabwe’s first lady accused of assaulting model in South Africa at weekend

The leader of Kenya’s  opposition coalition, Raila Odinga, during a news conference in Nairobi on Wednesday. Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA Kenyan opposition leader to go to court over disputed election
  • August 16, 2017, 16:07

Raila Odinga refuses to concede defeat over poll that led to violence in which 24 have died

Onlookers  outside the Connaught Morgue in Freetown on Tuesday, after mudslides that killed hundreds of people. Photograph: Saidu Bah/AFP/Getty Images ‘This is too much for us’: Sierra Leone deluged by mud and grief
  • August 16, 2017, 09:56

Hundreds dead and 600 missing following mudslides in Freetown caused by torrential rain

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace at a rally of his ruling Zanu-PF in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe on July 29th. Photograph:  Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters Robert Mugabe’s wife accused of assault in South Africa
  • August 15, 2017, 17:53

Young woman says she was attacked by Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first lady

Residents of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown view damage to property on Tuesday due to a mudslide in the suburb of Regent. Photograph: Ernest Henry/EPA Nearly 400 dead, 600 believed missing in Sierra Leone
  • August 15, 2017, 17:44

Freetown mortuary overwhelmed by number of dead as rescue operations continue

Medical agents remove a  body at the Aziz Istanbul restaurant after an overnight raid in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Monday. Photograph:  Bonaventure Pare/Reuters At least 18 killed in shooting at restaurant in Burkina Faso
  • August 14, 2017, 19:20

Canadian and French citizens among dead after raid by suspected jihadists in Ouagadougou

Flooded streets in Regent near Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone mudslide
  • August 14, 2017, 19:04

At least 205 bodies brought to morgue in Freetown, says Red Cross, after heavy rains

An opposition supporter shoots a slingshot at Kenyan police forces  in the Kibera slum on Saturday. Photograph: Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images At least 11 dead in Kenya as post-election riots erupt
  • August 12, 2017, 14:05

A young girl is among the dead as many rejected Tuesday’s vote as a ‘charade’

Riot police chase after protesters during clashes in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi on Thursday, in the wake of Kenya’s presidential election. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Observers give Kenya vote thumbs up amid pockets of protests
  • August 10, 2017, 15:38

Nairobi police fire live rounds and tear gas in clashes but country remains generally calm

Staff assist Somali, Ethiopian migrants who were forced into the sea by smugglers. Photograph: UN Migration Agency (IOM) 2017 About 50 teenagers ‘deliberately drowned’ off Yemen
  • August 10, 2017, 09:07

Somali and Ethiopian migrants forced into sea by smuggler claims UN authority

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga  addresses a news conference on the concluded presidential election in Nairobi on Wednesday. Photgraph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Clashes in Kenya after opposition leader claims election fraud
  • Jason Burke
  • August 9, 2017, 20:57

Man dies in machete attack at tallying centre as Raila Odinga says systems tampered with

South African president Jacob Zuma after winning a vote of no confidence speaks to a crowd of his supporters outside parliament in Cape Town. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Victory for Zuma in South Africa but the clock is ticking for him
  • Bill Corcoran
  • August 9, 2017, 01:00

President survives no-confidence motion but is unlikely to lead ANC into 2019 elections

South African president Jacob Zuma addresses his supporters after he survived a no-confidence motion in Cape Town, South Africa, August 8th, 2017. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters Jacob Zuma survives South African no-confidence motion
  • Bill Corcoran
  • August 8, 2017, 20:43

198 MPs vote against bid to remove president, 177 vote for motion and nine abstain

 President Uhuru Kenyatta is greeted by supporters after casting his vote in the Kenyan election in his home town of Gatundu in Kiambu county, on Tuesday. Photograph:  Baz Ratner/Reuters Uhuru Kenyatta takes early lead as Kenya vote count begins
  • August 8, 2017, 19:03

President and Raila Odinga face off after tight contest amid fears of post-election violence

Jacob Zuma: Tuesday’s vote on Mr Zuma’s future will be the eight vote of confidence in his presidency to take place since he first came to office in 2009. Photograph:  Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images Vote on motion of no confidence vote in Zuma to take place in secret
  • Bill Corcoran
  • August 7, 2017, 18:31

Opposition believes ruling party MPs would not vote against South African president in public

A Civilian Joint Task Force  member: under-resourced, they seize weapons after victories against Boko Haram. Nigeria’s Boko Haram-fighting vigilantes losing heart
  • Sally Hayden
  • August 7, 2017, 17:13

Accused of abuses and deployment of child soldiers, CJTF volunteers are giving up fight

Men spend the evening at an entertainment spot by the lake, at Dunga hill camp, about 5km outside Kisumu, one of the hotspots during the 2007-2008 post-election violence that left more than 1,000 dead. Photograph: Getty Kenyan police flood streets as country braces for election violence
  • August 7, 2017, 09:51

Voters go to polls on Tuesday after bitterly contested campaign

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