The health of detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has “reached a critical and deteriorating state,” his party says, after he was taken overnight to a medical facility in the capital, Kampala. The 69-year-old politician was driven to a…

Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC he will not contest the results of Thursday’s election in court, citing a lack of confidence in the judiciary and has instead urged his supporters to take to the streets to…

As Ugandans head to the polls next week, they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters. President…

Central African Republic (CAR) president Faustin-Archange Touadéra has won a third term after securing an outright majority in last month’s presidential election, provisional results show. The 68-year-old mathematics professor was widely expected to win after the main opposition coalition boycotted…

Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar United States (US) citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump administration. The two West African states were recently placed under full entry restrictions under US…

Western embassies in Tanzania, including the United Kingdom and France, have called on the authorities to release to the families all bodies of those killed in October’s electoral violence. Citing “credible reports”, the 17 missions say there was “evidence of…

The police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in September. Godfrey Jalale, who served as State House deputy chief of staff under former president…

Tanzania’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that hit the East African nation during last month’s heavily disputed elections, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has acknowledged. Speaking as she swore in her new cabinet, Samia warned that the…

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa says there will be an investigation into the “mysterious” arrival of a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from Gaza into the country. The group arrived at OR Tambo International Airport but were initially refused entry…

Some 200 Kenyans are fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine and more could be recruited into the conflict, authorities say. Among them are former members of Kenya’s security forces, according to Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi. Some…

Toting sub-machine guns and sometimes wearing masks as they drive along the streets of Uganda, members of an elite military unit are increasingly viewed as a private army to keep 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni in power – along with his…