Former president Thabo Mbeki recalled personal anecdotes of late former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda’s generosity and support for the ANC.

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first post-colonial president, in key dates.

Gunmen have kidnapped four Chinese rail construction employees and killed their police escort in south west Nigeria, police said.

The death of one of the last of a generation of liberation leaders, Kenneth Kaunda, was met with sadness and nostalgia, as many remembered his contributions to democracy across Africa.

The Zambian government has declared 21 days of national mourning, with flags flying at half-mast, and suspended all forms of entertainment.

Tanzania is working to join the Covax global vaccine-sharing facility and will sit down with aid agencies next week to plan its first national Covid inoculation campaign.

Gunmen killed a police officer and abducted five teachers and an unknown number of students from a school in the north western Nigerian state of Kebbi.

MTN chief executive Ralph Mupita is in Nigeria on his first working visit since taking the reins at Africa's largest telecommunications firm.

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

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and liberation hero, has died, aged 97, at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia.

The World Health Organisation warns current rates of Covid-19 infections could soon surpass the 2020 peak. Namibia, one of three countries experiencing record infection rates, has introduced stricter lockdown measures.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3 835 238 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

Debswana's 1,098 carat gem-quality diamond does not have a name for use in the history books yet, as Botswana's government promises to put the money to good use.

Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo has boarded a flight in Brussels to return home for the first time since he was ousted from power in 2011 and sent to The Hague for war crimes charges, of which he was later acquitted.

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.