Three people have been killed in Harare as soldiers and police fought running battles with hundreds of protesters, firing live ammunition, tear gas and water cannon amid rising tension following Zimbabwe’s presidential election.
Four new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) barely a week after authorities announced the end of an outbreak that started in mid-June in the northwest.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday said it reported the presidential candidates of the two main political parties over suspected violation of the Electoral Act.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be putting on a brave face following a wave of defections of lawmakers from his All Progressive Congress, APC party on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of white voters on Saturday in an attempt improve relations ahead of a July 30 election, a marked shift from his predecessor Robert Mugabe whose policies became increasingly racially divisive.