The World Health Organisation has warned of a new wave of Covid-19 infections in Africa due to delayed vaccine supplies, a slow rollout and new variants.

Rebels who launched an offensive in northern Chad, sparking clashes that claimed the life of veteran president Idriss Deby Itno, are in flight, the country's new defence minister said.

Zimbabwe plans to list a bond on the local exchange for the first time in 20 years to raise funds for the expansion and upgrade of a main highway that links the country to SA, which is its largest trading partner.

The European Union will consider sending a military training mission to Mozambique to help the government withstand a growing insurgency, and Portugal is already sending troops, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

The Africa Union's health watchdog on Thursday praised the United States' support for a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a "remarkable expression of leadership".

The International Criminal Court has sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army, to 25 years in jail.

Kenyan judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now she's on track to be the first female chief justice.

The Republic of Congo's government has resigned, public television has announced, a procedural move after the nation's veteran leader began a new term as president.

Africa’s air cargo demand is rebounding at record rates but a slow vaccination programme threatens to restrict international passenger numbers.

Zimbabwe is considering the mass killing of elephants, known as culling, for the first time since 1988 to reduce the 100 000-strong population of the animals.

Zambia said a lack of capital halted production at a copper mine it seized from Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources, just as the metal surges toward a record.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the record for most surviving babies delivered at one time is eight and is held by Nadya Suleman.

Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive after abducting them in March from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.

Consumers, unions and business leaders in Ivory Coast are sounding the alarm about waves of blackouts that are hitting major cities, including the economic capital Abidjan and its five million residents.

A case of the Indian variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Kenya, the country's health ministry said, a few days after it was also confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.

Tanzania has reversed its decision to quarantine travellers from all countries which have identified a surge in new Covid-19 variants.

Six weeks after it was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters, the northern Mozambican town of Palma remains deeply traumatised and hundreds of its residents flee each day, survivors and aid workers say.

Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigeria's troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP.

Consumers, unions and business leaders in Ivory Coast are sounding the alarm about waves of blackouts that are hitting major cities, including the economic capital Abidjan.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Kenya for a two-day trip to thaw relations between the neighbours, after years of disputes over trade and border issues.