Piers Potter

Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended 457 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets as required by law. The officials, who...

More than 250 foreign workers from 20 nationalities who had been trapped in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar’s Karen State have been released by an...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed two of his vice-presidents, the country’s spy chief, and several senior officials in a sweeping reshuffle announced through...

Detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has begun a hunger strike as he nears three months in detention without trial. The 68-year-old politician was charged...

Namibia’s Founding President Sam Nujoma Dies at 95 Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first president and a towering figure in the country’s struggle for independence, has died...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is once again engulfed in conflict. Fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have launched a fresh offensive...

The Democratic Alliance (DA), a key member of South Africa’s coalition government, has launched a legal challenge against the Expropriation Act, a controversial new land...

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing for withdrawal from their peacekeeping mission in eastern DR Congo, citing efforts to support...

The view from the top of Ponte Tower is breathtaking, offering a panoramic glimpse of Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s most dynamic cities. Built in...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to a UN report....