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Rwandan opposition activist Diana Rwigara has spoken to the BBC's Newsday programme about why she wrote an open letter to her president about the death of a prison guard. Ms Rwigara published the letter to President Paul Kagame last week about the murder of Paul Mwiseneza. In the letter, she

Boris Johnson has won the race to be Conservative leader and will soon be prime minister. He is one of the UK's most recognisable politicians. But that high profile - built up as an MP, London mayor and foreign secretary - has often seen his achievements accompanied by controversy. Becoming

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say nine people, including several children, were killed when rebels attacked two villages in the east of the country. Late on Monday Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels used machetes to kill people in Oicha and Eringeti - two villages north of the city

A new investigation has shed light on how some of the poorest countries in Africa are losing out on millions of dollars in tax revenues from Western multinationals and wealthy individuals. The report, from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , says companies and individuals use the Indian Ocean island

Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to the Italian company CMC de Ravenna. In

Kenya’s finance minister will be arrested and charged over corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday, an unprecedented event for a sitting minister in a country notorious for graft. The charges against Henry Rotich (in featured photo) stem from a police investigation into

A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (in featured photo-Centre) to life in prison plus 30 years. Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February. He escaped a Mexican jail

Seventeen people who worked for the gambling industry in Kenya are being deported by the authorities. The government is clamping down on online sports betting which it says is a curse on the country's youth. Gambling has become a multi-million dollar industry in Kenya, where mobile phone technology has made

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a "conspiracy" aimed at removing him from the political scene, BBC reports. He was appearing for the first time at the inquiry, which is investigating allegations that he oversaw a web of