May 30, 2019 Opposition leader's body returning to Congo for funeral The body of longtime Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi is headed home more than two years after his death now that his son is president.
May 30, 2019 Sudan protesters threaten military with civil disobedience Sudan's protesters are threatening a civil disobedience campaign if the ruling military refuses to hand over power to civilians.
May 30, 2019 Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation this year and killed more than 600 people.
May 29, 2019 Family, lawyer say Egypt has rearrested Al-Jazeera reporter Egyptian authorities rearrested an Al-Jazeera journalist who was ordered released last week after more than two years in detention on accusations of spreading false news, his family and lawyer said Wednesday.
May 28, 2019 Algerian human rights militant dies on hunger strike An Algerian human rights militant who went on a hunger strike after being jailed in March in the southern city of Ghardaia has died.
May 28, 2019 Malawi's Mutharika sworn in, declares 'I am not dead!' Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has been sworn in for a second five-year term after an election in which top opposition parties alleged irregularities.
May 28, 2019 British teenagers sent to East Africa to avoid rising UK knife crime: reports Hundreds of British teenagers are being shipped by their parents to parts of East Africa to avoid the rising knife crime in the United Kingdom that has claimed more than 100 lives this year alone.
May 28, 2019 Ethiopia apologizes for map that erased neighboring Somalia Ethiopia's foreign affairs ministry has apologized for a map of Africa that erased neighboring Somalia.
May 28, 2019 Sudan protesters begin 2-day strike to press ruling military Sudan's protest leaders have launched a two-day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian-led authority.