- Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines
Illegal miners live dangerously, but make roaring profits selling gold on the black-market.
- Mali junta chief fires prime minister after criticism
The prime minister had criticised the junta's lack of clarity in the transition to democratic rule.
- False alarm over DR Congo hero's golden tooth
The mausoleum of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's independence hero, was vandalised sparking alarm over his tooth.
- Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes
Prosecutors say he led a "reign of terror" after the city was overrun by an al-Qaeda-linked group in 2012.
- Ugandan opposition figure taken to military court after Kenya expulsion
Kizza Besigye is charged in a Ugandan military court after his wife says he was kidnapped while in Kenya.
- US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza for 4th time
The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution — 14 of its 15 members voted “yes” including U.S. allies Britain and France — but it was doomed by the veto.
- Mali: Civilian PM sacked after criticizing junta, cabinet dismissed
Demonstrators had called for Maiga's resignation follow his November 16th comments.
- Uganda: Martial court charges Kizza Besigye, Kenya's role in arrest in focus
"For his liberty to be curtailed in a sovereign state like Kenya and no actions being taken by the Kenyan government against the sister country, violating the territorial integrity of Kenya, that is a very serious matter," Besigye lawyer told the press on Wednesday (November 20).
- Mali: Former al-Qaida-linked police chief sentenced to 10 years for war crimes
Prosecutors accused Al-Hassan, 47, of leading a "reign of terror" after the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group seized the historic city in 2012.
- ICC says it has uncovered evidence of war crimes in Libya
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged Libya and other nations Tuesday to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020