Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan....
Last weekend the election commission said CHADEMA would be disqualified from the election....
Rights groups say Saied has had full control over judiciary since he dissolved parliament in 2021....
The defendants get sentences of up to 66 years after a trial described by a defence lawyer as a farce....
Ugandan study finds oral antibiotics can treat pneumonia in children as effectively as injections....
A top Somali actor is targeted in a revenge killing shortly after making a film warning about such feuds....
Inhabitants of Sudan's biggest camp for displaced people have had their lives upturned once again....
Seasoned business executive Tidjane Thiam is named as the candidate for Ivory Coast's main opposition party....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
The US says a new Zambian law is more intrusive than equivalents in many other countries....
Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday after al-Shabab raided the town, saying they had captured it....
Al-Shabaab says its forces had overrun 10 military installations and captured the town....
Amnesty says it found that security forces used reckless and unnecessary force on protestors...
The RSF seized control of the camp on Sunday after a four-day assault...
Gabon international Aaron Boupendza has died at the age of 28 after reportedly falling from a building in China....
Solar energy is booming in Niger, one of the world's sunniest countries, with sales of increasingly cheap solar panels going up and new projects coming online....
He is the first non-US citizen to be convicted of torture in an American court for crimes committed abroad....
Milkias Maekele is among the growing number of African cyclists with a professional deal, and the Eritrean teenager has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Biniam Girmay....
The tech billionaire is embroiled in a row with the government over black empowerment legislation....
Calls for reparations are longstanding but have been gaining momentum worldwide....
Three people have died in the "high-intensity shootout" that led to Josh Sullivan's rescue, officials say....
The country is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world two years into a bloody civil war....
Their free trade bloc seeks to create a single market for goods and services across Africa....
Sudan entered its third year of war on Tuesday, with no sign of respite for war-weary civilians....
Behind a dimly lit bar in Malawi's capital, Ben Manda rubbed his tired eyes and poured a customer a drink. He had been working for 36 hours straight, packing in back-to-back shifts to feed his family...
Foreigners are however allowed to buy gold directly from GoldBod, a new state regulator....
Two Belgians, one Vietnamese and one Kenyan pleaded guilty on Monday....
People share videos of themselves crying, saying that they cannot withdraw their money on CBEX....
Britain says it will provide 120 million pounds more in aid to people in Sudan....
The UK is promising an extra $120m (£91m) worth of food and medical assistance....
Diplomats and aid officials are seeking a way to end the violence and suffering in what is considered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. But no one representing Sudan will be present at the talks....
Rare accounts of life in el-Fasher - the last major city in Darfur controlled by the Sudanese army....
Bilie by Nze conceded defeat but questioned election fairness after Nguema's win....
It is believed the ants were destined for exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia....
The move is Algeria's biggest expulsion of French consular staff since it gained independence in 1962....
Relations are at an all-time low - South Africa's ambassador to the US was expelled last month....
A court in Mauritius has granted bail to a former finance minister charged with fraud....
Coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema topped the presidential vote with over 90% of the vote, the Interior Ministry said. The military junta has been in power since earlier presidential elections prompted t...
France said the move was in response to the indictment of three Algerians in Paris on Friday....
An official ruling, that Albert Luthuli died in an accident in 1967, has long been queried by his family....
He vowed to diversify the country’s oil-reliant economy....
The coup mastermind Gen Brice Oligui Nguema changed the constitution to allow him to run....
One charity says nine workers at one of its clinics died as medical facilities were targeted....
Some Zimbabweans smuggle goods they buy in South Africa across the Limpopo River....
Seven other travellers were taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital in the capital Maiduguri....