Seventeen Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said there on Friday, as the government pressed on with a crackdown on

Life seems almost normal in the streets of Lubero but the calm is deceptive -- the town nestled in the forested, misty hills of eastern DR Congo is under threat from an advancing rebel militia.

South Sudan has detained a leading journalist, an international media organisation said Friday as it urged his immediate release.

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for a contested bill severely curtailing LGBTQ rights to become law after rejecting two bids to overturn it.

Post-election protests rocking Mozambique since late October have interrupted trade and hampered a major aluminium smelter, with the southeast African nation braced for more disruption next week.

In late November, Angola told Rwanda of what would amount to a key breakthrough: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo had agreed to direct talks with M23 rebels.

Diversified miner South32 said on Thursday that road blockages affecting its operations in Mozambique have largely cleared in the past few days, allowing for the safe transport of alumina to Mozal.

Namibia's Ministry of Mines and Energy is investigating Xinfeng Investments for alleged illegal mining in the lithium-rich Erongo region.

South Africa on Wednesday fielded four Cabinet ministers for a bilateral meeting with Mozambique as companies and other countries prepare for fresh protests in that country next week.

Air Portugal, or TAP, is contemplating moving crew members from "safe houses" in Mozambique to South Africa in anticipation of trouble after a ruling next week about the disputed election.

Kenya plans to use assisted reproduction techniques to save the northern white rhino - a species that has only two females remaining worldwide - from the brink of extinction.

DR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using "blood minerals" in its supply chain.

South Africa and Mozambique are to hold a major bilateral meeting on Wednesday to discuss "ongoing tensions" in Mozambique, two months and a week after elections that have yet to be officially finalised.

President Cyril Ramaphosa struck an optimistic note on bilateral economic infrastructure development last week Thursday at the SA-Angola Trade Forum, welcoming investors and business leaders from the region's two largest economies.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame aborted his trip to Angola for talks with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart Felix Tshisekedi because the latter refused to have direct talks with the M23 rebels.

Mauritius is gearing up to attract more affluent golf enthusiasts. The 2040 square kilometers island is seeking to lure them with high-end courses.

Four white rhinos have died in Zimbabwe after drinking from a sewage-polluted lake that is also the main supplier of water to the nearby capital, the wildlife authority said on Saturday.

A Sudanese militia chief Friday denied all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, saying that prosecutors had got the wrong man.

Two Namibian opposition parties that are seeking to challenge the result of elections last month won a court order on Friday allowing them to inspect election materials.

International partners are coming to Malawi's rescue as President Lazarus Chakwera tries to find a way out of a fuel shortage that has triggered riots.