The 400-metre-long container ship will be seen off on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by dignitaries, diplomats and company officials from around the world.

The Eswatini government has shifted toward releasing more information on the protests, but activists continue to dispute the state’s account.

Twenty-seven people died last week during pro-democracy protests in the southern African kingdom of Eswatini, a minister told AFP on Wednesday.

Nigeria's parliament passed a 982.729 billion naira ($2.39 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to fund Covid-19 vaccines and defence services.

The burial of Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, started on Wednesday despite a court challenge by one of his sons against his burial site.

Relatives of Zambia's founding leader Kenneth Kaunda have approached the court in a bid to block his interment at the country's presidential burial site in Lusaka.

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

More than 730 000 displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Mozambique could face a "hunger emergency" unless urgent funding is secured, the UN World Food Programme warned.

Hundreds of opposition supporters marched through the streets of Ghana's capital Accra, demonstrating against what they described as rising insecurity and lawlessness.

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has reshuffled leadership at the country's central bank, appointing its first female governor and naming seven members of the board, the authorities announced on Tuesday.

Africa's tourism sector saw a sharp decrease in 2020, and slow vaccination rates will exacerbate this, a new United Nations report has stated.

The commander of rebel forces in Tigray on Tuesday called for a negotiated ceasefire with the Ethiopian government and a political solution to the conflict in the northern region, saying the government could not win the war.

Ghana's opposition supporters marched in Accra on Tuesday, rallying against President Nana Akufo-Addo's handling of the economy and demanding justice after two protesters were shot dead last month.

A mission from the Southern African Development Community will return to Eswatini. Pro-democracy groups criticised the mission's weekend visit for failing to meet with them.

Facebook and Africa’s largest fibre company, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, are extending their reach on the continent by laying 2 000km of fibre in the DRC.

Nearly 150 people have been hospitalised after swimming in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Tenes in north western Algeria.

At least 14 civilians have been killed in fresh violence in north east Democratic Republic of Congo and eight others suspected of collaborating with a notorious armed group have been lynched.

More than 60 migrants of sub-Saharan origin have been lost at sea off Tunisia, after two Europe-bound vessels sank, local authorities and the Red Crescent have said.

Africa has suffered a record number of coronavirus cases over the past week, registering over 36 000 new infections per day, according to an AFP count based on official figures.

Two New Frame journalists from South Africa, who were covering protests in eSwatini and reported murders of citizens, were allegedly detained, assaulted and tortured by security forces.