At least 20 African countries are in the midst of third wave of Covid-19 infections, with South Africa accounting of 35% of all new cases on the continent.

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi vowed Friday to root out Islamic State-linked militants in the north of the country with the help of regional allies that are set to contribute ground forces.

Worldwide, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), which serve as a unique identifier, have reassured collectors when buying online art and propelled digital artists to stardom.

David Brown, chief executive officer of Zimbabwe’s Kuvimba Mining House, intends to step down, jeopardizing the future of the company the government hopes will spur an economic revival.

Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London for a medical check-up, his office said Thursday, three months after a previous trip caused outcry in the country.

Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar aims to inoculate about 1.4 million people against Covid-19, pulling ahead of the mainland as it seeks to save its tourism-reliant economy.

At least 64 people were killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian airstrike on a market in the war-torn Tigray region, a local health officer told AFP Thursday.

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

Malawi's health ministry has announced a stock-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine, but the WHO Africa says the country is hopeful dosage-sharing stock will arrive in time.

Egyptian women have battled a "shocking" draft bill influenced by Islamic law which would have deepened a system of guardianship further restricting their daily lives.

The deployment was approved at an extraordinary summit, held in Maputo, and attended by all 16 member states, including President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dozens of people were wounded or killed in an airstrike on a market in the town of Togoga in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region, witnesses told AFP Wednesday.

Eleven policemen have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, and four more officers are missing, the government has announced.

Presence of foreign mercenaries, troops in war-torn country and elections to top meeting’s agenda.

The Ever Given is on the brink of being released, according to its insurers, who say its owners have made an agreement in principle with Egypt.

Medical charity MSF has asked Cameroon to let it resume work in the country's insurgency-riven English-speaking west, saying tens of thousands were deprived of medical care.

The private HealthPoint Hospital says it is authorised to offer vaccine tourism, and has "substantial" stock of mostly Chinese vaccines agains the coronavirus.

Southern African leaders will meet in Maputo for the day-long summit, against the backdrop of an insurgency regional leaders have labelled as 'terrorism'.

Zimbabwe expects to receive 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from China by the end of this month.

Fifteen Nigerian hostages have escaped from their abductors as they slept, weeks after they were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the school's headteacher told AFP Tuesday.