Zimbabwean man jailed nine years for eating python

A Zimbabwean has been jailed for nine years for eating python, a protected species, a Zimbabwean daily reported on Friday.

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Boko Haram: 14,000 Nigerians flee to Chad

More than 14,000 people fleeing Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria have streamed into Chad since the beginning of 2015, according to a United Nations report on Wednesday.

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Angola reduces crude price to $40, trims budget

Angola’s cabinet has asked parliament to revise down the oil price assumption in the 2015 budget to $40 per barrel from its earlier projection of $81 per barrel, due to tumbling crude prices, the finance ministry said.

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Zambia gets first female vice president

Zambia’s newly-elected President Edgar Lungu on Monday appointed Inonge Wina as the country’s first woman vice president.

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15 killed as clashes mar Egypt revolt anniversary

Clashes between protesters and security forces left at least 15 people dead on Sunday, the anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 revolt that toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak.

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Grandma in School

Meet madam Priscilla Sitienei aka Gogo, a 90-year-old grand mother learning how to read and write for the very first time in her life.

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Lungu declared Zambia’s president-elect, after tight poll

Defence Minister Edgar Lungu of Zambia’s ruling Patriotic Front has won the country’s presidential election in a tightly fought race marred by delays, the electoral commission announced Saturday.

Lungu won with a slim 48.33 percent majority, closely followed by his rival Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) with 46.67 percent of the vote.

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Nigerian linked with South African’s death sentence in Malaysia

A South African has been sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges in Malaysia, the African government said on Friday, citing that it would seek clemency for the accused man should the court of appeal decline to overturn the ruling.

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Ex-president Wade’s son goes on hunger strike

The son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has gone on hunger strike after being “beaten and injured” in court where he is on trial for corruption during his time as a minister, his lawyers and supporters said Thursday.

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NCC blocks APC’s fund raising initiatives

The All Progressives Congress has cried out that an agency of the Federal Government, the National Communications Commission has thwarted three initiatives rolled out by the party to raise funds for the general elections starting 14 February.

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Zambian election: Few things you need to know

A presidential by-election will be held in Zambia on 20 January after former leader Michael Sata died in office last year. Here are five things you need to know about the poll.

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Haiti President says new cabinet to be sworn in Monday

Haiti's President Michel Martelly has announced the formation of a new government amid renewed protests calling for his resignation.

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Chad sending troops to help Cameroon fight Boko Haram

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced Thursday that neighbouring Chad will send troops to aid his country’s army fight Boko Haram militants from Nigeria, a government spokesman said.

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Strike hit Tanzania-Zambia train route

Train services between Tanzania and Zambia have been paralysed by a strike by more than 1,500 Tanzanian workers.

A union official said workers had not been paid for five months by Tanzania's government because of a financial crisis at the railway authority.

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