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Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns | Global health

Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds...

Tensions mount as Alassane Ouattara seeks fourth term in Ivory Coast vote | Ivory Coast

“This is worth several more terms,” the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, joked while opening a bridge named after him in the country’s commercial capital,...

Four dead as Kenyan security forces fire on crowds mourning Raila Odinga | Kenya

Four people have been killed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse huge crowds at a stadium where...

Agnes Wanjiru’s niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in power | Kenya

The niece of Agnes Wanjiru, who was killed in Kenya, said she hopes the former British soldier charged with her aunt’s murder will be...

African Union suspends Madagascar as military leader set to be sworn in as president | Madagascar

Madagascar’s new military ruler will be sworn in as the country’s president on Friday, the military said on Wednesday, as the African Union suspended...

Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80 | Kenya

The veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country’s politics, has...

Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report | Global development

The besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared “uninhabitable” with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment...

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar | Madagascar

An elite military unit said it had taken power in Madagascar on Tuesday, after the country’s parliament impeached president Andry Rajoelina after weeks of...

Cameroon opposition leader declares victory in presidential election | Cameroon

The Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has declared himself the winner of the 12 October presidential election and called on President Paul Biya...

Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war | South Sudan

South Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit | Madagascar

Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled the country on a French military aircraft, hours before he was scheduled to address the...

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