Four men accused of trying to kill a Rwandan general living in exile in Johannesburg made brief court appearances Tuesday, while prosecutors said that the suspects were not from Rwanda or South Africa. Dissident Lt. Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa's wife has accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the shooting, a charge the Rwandan government denies. The attack comes as human rights groups say Rwanda's government is smashing dissent ahead of an August election....
Tanzania yesterday warned the grumbling opposition political party leaders in Burundi to either participate in tomorrow's General Election or risk alienation in the East and Central African regi...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has arrived in Kenya to investigate the country's post-election violence. More than 1,300 people were killed and hundreds of thousands d...
Roman Catholic bishops called on corrupt Catholic leaders in Africa on Friday to repent or resign for giving the continent and the Church a bad name. Around 200 African bishops, along with dozens of o...
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. However, the court stopped short of accusing Oma...
Renegade soldiers have shot dead the president of the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, officials say. The killing of Joao Bernardo Vieira is thought to been a revenge attack, after the army chie...
Bakili Muluzi's supporters say the case is politically motivated ahead of polls Ex-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi has been arrested, accused of stealing $11m (£7.7m) in donor money, ...
Gen Laurent Nkunda, leader of the strongest rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested in Rwanda. He crossed the border after resisting a joint Rwandan-Congolese operatio...
Southern African mediators tried Monday to forge a compromise between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his rival Morgan Tsvangirai, in a last-ditch effort to save a power-sharing deal. Dubbe...
