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South Africa has barred controversial US Pastor Steven Anderson from visiting the county because of his critical remarks about homosexuality.

A Famous Zimbabwean sculptor has insisted his statue of Robert Mugabe was not intended to mock the president.

Three women have been killed after trying to stage an attack at the main police station in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, officials say.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured 203 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say.

Actors in Zimbabwe have taken to the stage to protest corruption, unemployment and bad governance despite what government opponents call a crackdown on dissent.

Zimbabwe's ruling party has been accused of deliberately withholding aid from opposition supporters in areas facing starvation because of drought.

Gabon's opposition leader has lodged a challenge to the presidential election result at the constitutional court.

A new mayor in South Africa says he will give away a fleet of new luxury cars ordered by his predecessors.

At least 23 people died when a fire broke out at a prison housing high-profile politicians in the Ethiopian capital, state-controlled media have said citing a government statement.

A Kenyan MP has asked the country's parliament to pass a law to recognise a third gender to end discrimination against those who identify as intersex.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has criticised judges who give permission for anti-government protests which later turned violent.

Protesters in Ethiopia have attacked foreign businesses, according to the owners of a flower firm, as demonstrations in which rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed continued.

Gabonese security forces have stormed the headquarters of the defeated presidential candidate, Jean Ping, after they accused "armed criminals" of torching the parliament.

A magistrate court in Zimbabwe is expected to rule today whether 68 people who were charged with public violence after clashes between protesters and the police last week should be released from custody while they await trial.

A South African minister has thrown his support behind protesting female students, who accuse their high school of operating a racist hair policy.

Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich African nation for nearly half a century.

At least six people have been killed after al-Shabab fighters attacked a beach restaurant in the capital Mogadishu with a car bomb before entering into a gunfight with security forces, according to police and the group.

Three days after he was granted bail by an Ogun State magistrate court, the trader dragged to court for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’ is still being remanded in prison.

Vanguard gathered that this is as a result of the family’s inability to meet the bail conditions granted the man.