Invasive species introduced by human activity are costing African agriculture some R992 billion every year — around 2.5% of the continent's gross domestic product — research showed on Thursday.

West Africa is fighting multiple virus outbreaks and its health systems are taking strain.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4 392 364 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

Dozens of people have been killed in northern Burkina Faso after Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was being escorted by military police, the latest in a spate of attacks across West Africa's Sahel region this month.

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Eswatini was a glaring omission, but Rwanda's deployment to Mozambique was the "elephant in the room".

South Africa played a "central role" in lobbying the SADC’s 16 member states to issue a collective condemnation of the African Union’s “unilateral” decision.

The Presidency issued a statement on Tuesday to congratulate Zambia's new president, Hakainde Hichilema, on behalf of South Africa.

The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in Ivory Coast, expressing fear of contagion.

Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema has slammed the southern African country's outgoing 'brutal regime' while promising a 'better democracy' in his debut address to the nation, hours after winning the top job in a landslide.

The United States is sending nearly half a million doses of Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine to Rwanda.

Zambian business tycoon Hakainde Hichilema, the veteran opposition politician who made six bids for the country's presidency before finally landing the top job in a landslide, has described himself as just an ordinary "cattle boy".

Ivory Coast begin vaccinating health workers in the commercial capital Abidjan against Ebola on Monday after a case of the deadly virus was confirmed over the weekend.

After losing by nearly a million votes, outgoing President Edgar Lungu shifted his earlier tone and congratulated his opponent.

Facebook, MTN and China Mobile are planning to build a giant sub-sea cable, which will deliver more than the combined capacity of all sub-sea cables that are currently serving Africa.

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has conceded defeat after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, marking the southern African country's third peaceful handover of power to an opposition party.

Three Malian soldiers have been killed by an improvised explosive device as they were driving to an airport in the restive northeast, the country's armed forces have said.

Zimbabwe is considering borrowing money directly from private investors to fund the first half of a $3.5 billion (~R52 billion) compensation agreement with white farmers whose land was seized two decades ago, a person familiar with the situation said...

Hichilema received 2.8 million votes, about one million votes more than the incumbent candidate President Edgar Lungu.

Nigerian authorities on Sunday imposed a curfew in parts of central Plateau state, a day after a suspected Christian militia attacked a convoy of 90 Muslims, killing at least 23.