Sierra Leonean lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty, becoming to the latest African country to move toward banning capital punishment.

A Nigerian court has jailed 10 pirates for 12 years each over the hijacking of a merchant vessel last year, the navy said, in the second such trial under a new anti-piracy law.

At least 16 people, including six women and two children, have been killed in a suspected Islamist militant attack on a remote road in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo.

A French citizen is among six people arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to kill Madagascar's president, the Indian Ocean island's public security minister said, and a second official said the president's security had been tightened.

Tanzania's government said it is gearing up to roll out vaccinations against Covid-19 soon, in a shift from the policies of the country's former Covid-sceptic leader.

City Lodge is selling its stakes in three hotels in Kenya, as well as its City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to subsidiaries of the UK-based investment firm Actis.

The first group among dozens of Zimbabweans slated for deportation from Britain have landed in the southern African country on a charter flight, an AFP correspondent said.

At least 20 civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in "heavy fighting" between rebels and pro-government forces in Ethiopia's Afar region.

A technical fact-finding mission from the Southern African Development Community arrived in Eswatini on 15 July, for an official seven-day visit, which ended on 22 July.

Global pharmaceutical firms should license production of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa rather than just do piecemeal contract deals, an African Union special envoy said.

Dramatic footage has emerged of the attempted stabbing of Mali’s interim leader in a crowded mosque.

The prosecutor general's office in Madagascar has said it foiled an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina, and arrested several "foreign and Malagasy" suspects.

South African troops have been deployed as part of the Southern African Development Community’s Standby Force to combat terrorism in Cabo Delgado.

Judith is 14, sings in her church choir, dreams of becoming a lawyer and likes nothing more than offering her hairstyling skills to her neighbours.

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday, the party said, ahead of a planned conference to demand constitutional reform.

One hundred kidnapped villagers in northwest Nigeria were freed Tuesday, police said, following negotiations with their abductors who had held them hostage for 42 days.

Tunisia's Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi, Mechichi's office said, amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the North African country.

Namibia concerned over food and medical supplies, reassess its dependence on South African exports.

Mali's interim President Assimi Goita was the target of an attempted stabbing attack during Eid al-Adha prayers at Bamako's Grand Mosque.

A warning in Zimbabwe that people will face restrictions if they are not fully immunised against Covid-19 sparked a rush to vaccination sites struggling to meet surging demand.