France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced a five-step emergency plan to be implemented if British Parliament does not approve a deal to exit the European Union. French parliament is expected to pass the bill on Thursday. We want to be ready to protect the interests of our citizens, said Philippe, speaking with 14 ministries involv ...

A Ghanian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been shot dead in the capital, triggering widespread outrage and demands for authorities to bring his killers to justice. Ahmed Husein, 34, was gunned down as he returned to his home in the Madina area of Accra on Wednesday night. The reporter was part of a t ...

The victims of an Islamist attack on a hotel and office complex in Nairobi include a Kenyan football blogger, an American who survived 9/11 and two best friends working to bring peace to Somalia. Here is a little bit more information on some of the 21 victims. A CCTV operator CCTV operator Dedrick Limisi, 47, was shot trying to re ...

Ghanaian police on Thursday opened an investigation after an undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football was shot dead. Our men are on the ground currently gathering information , said the director of the criminal investigations department, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Dankwa Everyone connected to this murder will be invi ...

Arrested Mozambican journalist Amade Abubacar was moved from a military facility to a civil prison on Thursday, where he will await trial, a regional media freedom organisation told AFP. Abubacar was arrested on 5 January while interviewing displaced people who were fleeing attacks by jihadists in Macomia, a small town in one of the areas worst ...

The body of a white man with gunshot wounds has been found in a northern region of Burkina Faso where jihadists have carried out attacks, a security official told AFP Thursday. The body was found late on Wednesday in Siega in Soum province, and is being taken to Dori for identification, the source said. Last month, 34-year-old Canadian ai ...

A Ghanaian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been shot dead in the capital Accra, police said Thursday. Ahmed Husein was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose probe led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Dozens of football referees and o ...

Mozambique's Renamo opposition party on Thursday elected Ossufo Momade as its leader ahead of a general election this year, replacing veteran rebel Afonso Dhlakama who died suddenly last May. Momade had been acting leader of Renamo since the death of Dhlakama, who had led recent peace talks with the government. Renamo, a political party that ...

When former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was arrested at Johannesburg airport over the Christmas holidays, it triggered a political crisis ahead of the country's elections later this year. Chang was detained over alleged secret loans to state companies totalling $2 billion in a widening scandal that is set to shake the Frelimo party ...

Simba of Tanzania and Constantine of Algeria, who boast the best attack and defence in the CAF Champions League, face serious matchday 2 examinations of their title credentials this weekend. After scoring 15 goals in four qualifiers and matchday 1, Simba are away to V Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa, an intimidating African ...

A Canadian has been kidnapped by armed militants from a gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso, a region battling a rise in extremist violence and lawlessness, a senior government official said. Geologist Kirk Woodman is the vice president of Canadian company Progress Minerals, mining sources told AFP, which owns the mine in volatile Yagha province n ...