Jane Flanagan

The club of 2.5 billion citizens is at a crossroads. Should it readmit a country that has rigged elections and persecuted opponents?

The government denies President Biya is dead, following his last public appearance in September

Cameroon A denial by the government of Cameroon that its 91-year-old president has died has not convinced those in the West African state who are demanding a proof-of-life appearance.

Treetops, where Elizabeth II learnt she had become queen, is among properties acquired by the country's deputy president, who faces accusations of corruption

Prosecutors in South Africa say Zurenah Smit hired assassins to shoot dead her husband

Paul Biya, 91, the world’s oldest leader, had not been seen for more than a month until he arrived in the capital after what was described as a stay in Europe

Baltasar Ebang Engonga, head of the financial crimes agency and a relative of the president, recorded himself having sex with the wives of government leaders

The Conservative leader’s views and politics were shaped by her Nigerian upbringing and defined by resilience

As rival militias replay the 2003 genocide, thousands flee to the Chad border in search of loved ones who are probably already dead

In a recruitment film pushing Russian mercenary work in Africa, well-armed warriors in desert camouflage are shown dominating barren battlefields with no enemy in sight.