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The southern African kingdom of Eswatini is holding an election largely free of suspense. That’s because people are voting for parliamentarians on Friday under the authority of King Mswati III, an absolute monarch in the country formerly known as Swaziland. He appoints the...

Uganda’s pop star politician Bobi Wine vowed Thursday to continue his fight for more freedom in the country “or we shall die trying,” shortly after security forces took him into custody on his arrival from the United States after treatment for alleged torture. The opposition...

Uganda’s pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker is returning home on Thursday after seeking treatment in the United States for injuries suffered during alleged state torture, while police say they will meet him at the airport. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is...

South Africa’s top court says adults can use marijuana in private. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld a provincial court’s ruling in a case involving Gareth Prince, who advocates the decriminalization of the drug. Prince says cannabis should be regulated in the same way...

Mauritania’s election commission says the West African nation’s ruling party has won a majority of seats in a second round of legislative, municipal and regional elections. The election commission said Monday that the Union for the Republic now has 93 of 157 seats on the National...

Authorities in Burkina Faso say extremists have killed at least nine civilians in two attacks in the country’s east. The governorate of the eastern region says six people including an imam were killed in one attack on a mosque in the community of Diabiga. In Friday’s other...

As gunshots ring out in one of South Africa’s most dangerous neighborhoods, a new technology detects the gun’s location and immediately alerts police. South Africa is the first country outside the United States to implement the “shotspotter” audio technology, which is also being...

Ghanaians are paying their respects to former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ahead of Thursday’s state funeral. Annan died in August in Switzerland at age 80. The grandson of tribal chiefs, he was the first black African to become the U.N. leader and was awarded a Nobel Peace...

Two times a day, Kasereka Mulanda comes to a new kind of Ebola treatment center to visit his wife, easing the isolation of a highly contagious disease. Stepping to the clear plastic sheeting around the cubicle where his wife is staying, he can speak with her without the need for...

The former president of Angola on Saturday said he made mistakes during his long rule but was holding his “head high” as he stepped down as leader of the ruling MPLA party. The political exit of Jose Eduardo dos Santos comes as President Joao Lourenco, a former defense minister,...