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A jury on Friday found the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year not guilty of second-degree manslaughter.

President Robert Mugabe has shocked Zimbabwe with a televised address that failed to announce his highly anticipated resignation.

White Zimbabwean farmer Rob Smart and his two sons returned to their farm with ululations from former workers six months after he was forced out by police during ex-president Robert Mugabe's reign.

Protesters gathered outside a Pamplona courtroom after it found five men guilty of sexual abuse instead of rape.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped unhurt after an explosion rocked a stadium in Bulawayo where he had addressed a political rally on Saturday, for more CNBC Africa is joined by Political Consultant and Strategist Acie Lumumba.

International Criminal Court judges on Tuesday (January 15) acquitted former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo of all war crimes charges and ordered his immediate release in a blow to prosecutors who have lost other major cases in recent years.

Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's most successful and internationally renowned artist, has died.

The suspended Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo has been discharged and acquitted of fraud charges preferred against him by the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Related Commission (ICPC).

The Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted ex - President Jonathan's cousin, Robert Azibaola, of the two counts money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Zimbabwean journalist, Zenzele says Fmr President Mugabe's funeral came with a lot of mixed reactions from the people of Zimbabwe. While some were sad and confused, others took it as life as usual as most didn't like him, they went about their business as usual but it was a great turnout for most African leaders.

Raped, arrested and jailed, Ayomide Idowu narrates his ordeal to GuardianTV. Idowu tells us how he was picked up by members of the Nigerian police force on a routine check somewhere in CMS. He further states how a higher court who revisited his case file after been sentenced by a previous court found him not guilty of any wrongdoing and acquitted.