Debswana Diamond, a unit of De Beers Plc, unearthed a 1,098 carat stone in Botswana on June 1, the largest since the company began operations five decades ago.

Mabuza passed away following complications due to Covid-19.

At least 19 people were killed and five injured after a truck in which they were travelling plunged into a river in northern Zambia, police said.

Wardens at Mozambique's largest women's prison are forcing inmates into prostitution and punishing those who refuse, according to a local anti-corruption organisation.

High inflation driven by soaring food prices has pushed seven million Nigerians into poverty, the World Bank said.

Botswanan diamond firm Debswana said it had unearthed a 1 098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in the world.

A former presidential aide in DR Congo who had been sentenced to 20 years in a high-profile corruption case has had his term reduced by seven years on appeal, his lawyer said.

Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region are expected to "definitely leave soon," Ethiopia's U.N. envoy said after a top U.N. official told the Security Council on Tuesday that Eritrea's soldiers were using starvation as a wea

A Zimbabwean freelance reporter for the New York Times was granted bail Tuesday, three weeks after he was arrested over claims he helped two foreign colleagues enter the country fraudulently.

News24 has appointed seasoned journalist Lynsey Chutel to head up its Africa desk.

Nightclubs in the DR Congo must close and funeral wakes will be banned for two weeks in the face of a third wave of Covid cases, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Tuesday.

The United States said it would ban the entry of two former government ministers from Namibia whose alleged acceptance of bribes caused a political uproar in 2019.

After banning Twitter, Nigerian ministers apparently met with Chinese counterparts to discuss replicating China’s "Great Firewall" to regulate social media.

Burkina Faso's army has said that troops had killed around 10 "terrorists" in security operations following the deadliest massacre in the country's jihadist insurgency.

Endowed with some of the world’s biggest oil reserves, arable land and a young, tech-savvy population, Nigeria had the potential to break onto the global stage, but now the country that makes up a quarter of the continent’s economy, risks becomin...

Zambia's former president Kenneth Kaunda, 97, is being treated for pnuemonia at a military hospital in the capital Lusaka, his office said on Tuesday.

Egypt's highest civilian court has upheld death sentences for 12 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing protesters.

At least 15 army recruits died on Tuesday when a suicide bomber attacked a military training camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, an officer said.

Ethiopia's national elections will draw in voters from seven of 10 semi-autonomous regions, highlighting the country's rich history and striking diversity.

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is scheduled to arrive home on Thursday after being cleared of crimes against humanity for violence following the country's 2010 election.