Malawi's former President Peter Mutharika's quest to remove restrictions on his bank accounts which were frozen as part of a corruption investigation has ended in failure.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Tunisian cities on Saturday to protest police repression, corruption and poverty, following several nights of unrest marked by clashes and arrests.
The Emir of Maru in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Gado Maigari, has confirmed that 35 people were killed during an attack on five villages in his emirate.
More than 4,000 refugee returnees have returned to South Sudan between December and now from neighbouring countries, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and South Sudan's Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC).
Three Malian troops were killed and five wounded by a roadside bomb in the centre of the country Thursday, military sources said, in the latest attack in the Sahel state.
Police on Friday dispersed a crowd from Jeevanjee Gardens in Kenya's capital Nairobi, as it planned a demonstration to demand Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s resignation.
