A court in Senegal has ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral register, paving the way for him to run in February’s presidential election. Sonko…
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Germany: Jumia pulls out of food delivery service
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia has announced that it will end its food delivery service by the end of the year because the business has proved to be unprofitable. The decision…
Australia: Woman jailed over infant deaths has been pardoned after 20 years in prison
A woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has had her convictions for killing her four children quashed. The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the evidence originally…
Japan: Cabinet ministers quit over fundraising scandal
Four cabinet ministers in Japan quit on Thursday over a fundraising scandal involving the ruling party’s most powerful faction. More than 500m yen (£2.8m; $3.4m) is alleged to have ended…
Kenya: Haiti police chief in Nairobi ahead of force deployment
Haitian police chief Frantz Elbe is in Kenya for a three-day visit ahead of plans to deploy police to help fight gang violence in the Caribbean country. Mr Elbe and…
Venezuela: Lorry ploughs into crash site causing a blaze
At least eight people have been killed in an accident on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, officials say. A lorry ploughed into several cars which were stopped on…
USA: Elon Musk’s Tesla recalls two million cars in US over Autopilot defect
Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the US regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective. It follows a two year investigation into crashes which…
Malawi: World Bank comes to aid with $137m budget support
Financially beleaguered Malawi is to receive $137m (£109.4m) of budget support from the World Bank – a month after the country’s currency lost nearly half its value against the US…
Denmark: Accused stowaway flies from Copenhagen to LA with no ticket or passport
US officials have charged a man with being a stowaway after he disembarked in Los Angeles from a Copenhagen flight without a ticket or passport. Sergey Ochigava, 46, had Israeli…
Mexico: Pilgrims converge on basilica to commemorate day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholics in Mexico are marking the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the day almost 500 years ago on which the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to…