The UN says 20 people have been killed and dozens more abducted in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The dead include children...
South African police have arrested a man after intercepting a minibus taxi carrying 21 sheep suspected to have been stolen.
They said preliminary investigations showed...
South African actress Busisiwe Lurayi, who acted in Netflix's comedy series How To Ruin Christmas, died in her residence on Sunday, according to her...
An African Union vaccine e-passport has been introduced, which is intended to enable easier travel within and outside Africa.
The passport will be in digital...
Congolese M23 rebels say talks between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Félix Tshisekedi will not stop the fighting...
Gunmen have attacked a convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's team in Katsina, his home state in the north.Two persons sustained injuries in the...
Zimbabwe’s central bank says it will start selling gold coins later this month as a way to protect people against spiralling inflation.
Central Bank Governor...
An Egyptian court has sentenced a researcher to three years in prison in a retrial over charges of “publishing false news”.
Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy,...
The authorities in Niger state in central Nigeria have ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities.
It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating...
Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted sanctions on Mali’s military regime.
The West African leaders also accepted a...
Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government.
In a televised speech, he said the...
A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos' main airport, according to police.
Three suspects have been arrested...
The Central African Republic has launched its government-backed cryptocurrency hub called Sango - named after one of the country's official languages.
President Faustin Archange Touadéra...
The message from Nigeria's medical council could not have been more cruel for a student, Moses Damilola Fehintola.
After being trapped by war in Ukraine...
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Guinea-Bissau President has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of ECOWAS.
He takes over from...
Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has communicated his intention to withdraw as...
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye, has said Christians don’t need guns for self-defence.
On Sunday, Adeboye clarified...
Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the southwestern state of Ondo.
Some of them...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said his country is willing to unconditionally resume grain exports to Africa and other parts of the world...
Internet access has been cut in Sudan ahead of nationwide protests on Thursday to press for civilian rule.
Internet monitoring organisation Netblocks reports that internet...
The authorities in Chad have said more than $20m (£16m) was allegedly embezzled from a state-owned hydrocarbons company.
Information Minister Abderaman Koulamallah made the accusation...
A Kenyan woman, who is reportedly an aspiring politician, has been arrested after allegedly pretending to be policewoman while appearing as a panellist on...
An 87-year-old man from Busia, Kenya has bought a new coffin for his "future" burial ceremony.
The man, identified as Aloise Otieng' Ng'ombe, is said...
A three-member delegation from LONANI Loterie Nationale du Niger, led by their Director Générale, Monsieur Abdel Kamel Angoh, has paid a full day working visit...
