Nigeria's telecoms regulator has for security reasons, asked operators to shut down mobile phone lines in Zamfara State, days after other restrictions were announced in the region plagued by violence.

Tanzanian police arrested several members of the country's main opposition Chadema party, the latest crackdown on a group pushing for constitutional reform in the East African nation.

Tanzanian police are investigating allegations that some of their own officers raped and sexually harassed several women in night clubs.

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Nelly Mutti, a lawyer based in Lusaka, was elected unopposed to replace Patrick Matibini.

Twelve people have died and thousands have fallen ill after a river in southern DR Congo was polluted by toxic waste from a diamond mine, the government said.

The Kenyan government said on Friday it will go to the country's top court to challenge a ruling that halted President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution, a source of growing controversy ahead of next year's polls.

Five girls who were among 73 children kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, police in Zamfara State said on Thursday, although other sources gave different details in the aftermath of the mas

Six people died after sneaking into a goldmine in Burkina Faso, police said, leading to angry scenes in which the mine was vandalised and vehicles were torched.

Six Kenyan police officers have been charged with murder over the deaths in custody of two brothers arrested for allegedly breaking a Covid curfew.

Most African countries are set to miss the "crucial" goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable ten percent of their populations against Covid-19 by the end of the month, the World Health Organisation warned.

The United States will begin shipping more than 2 million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana on Wednesday through the Covax global distribution program, a White House official said.

A popular Rwandan rapper known as Jay Polly died in custody early on Thursday, officials and media reports said, the second detained musician to die in mysterious circumstances in less than two years.

A large group of children were feared to have been kidnapped from a school in the north western Nigerian state of Zamfara.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the ministers for power and agriculture in a rare cabinet reshuffle, citing the need to improve economic management.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has removed the justice minister but made him ambassador to Britain amid international scrutiny over the trial of Paul Rusesabagina.

Lions and cheetahs are closer to extinction than the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species suggests, according to conservation scientists who warn that sharp drops in populations could be going undetected.

A man has been trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe while taking a selfie, according to reports. The elephant was reportedly later put down by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

Deutsche Bank has cut correspondent banking ties with Standard Bank Group’s Zimbabwean unit, dealing a body-blow to one of the few remaining international banking providers operational in the southern African nation.

At least 17 people, including a soldier and aid worker, were killed in the latest attacks by Islamic State-aligned jihadists in northeast Nigeria's Borno state.