A Zimbabwean magistrate ruled that Robert Mugabe's remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes' shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader's resting place.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has said his new government would implement policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, restore economic growth and review mining policies.

Guinea's military junta, which seized power has said that it has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts.

The proliferation of Covid-19 variants in Africa, partly attributed to the low rates of vaccination, could lead to vaccine-evading mutations that complicate attempts to end the pandemic, a group of 112 African and 25 international organizations said.

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 9 - Nigerian troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army said on Thursday.

The African Union's health watchdog accused world leaders Thursday of falling short in their pledge to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer nations, and their failure risked making the disease endemic.

Somalia's two most powerful leaders are locked in a standoff after they named different men to head the intelligence service of the politically unstable nation.

West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a military coup in the country, the organisation has said after an emergency summit.

Mozambique was urged to investigate fresh claims that women have been coerced into giving sex or money to receive food aid in regions hit by a four-year insurgency.

Guinea's military leaders have freed scores of political prisoners before a meeting of West African leaders to discuss their response to a coup that ousted President Alpha Conde.

Somalia's PM Mohamed Hussein Roble has accused the country's president of "obstructing" an investigation into the fate of an intelligence agent whose disappearance sparked an outcry.

Ugandan police have questioned two prominent opposition lawmakers accused of orchestrating a wave of grisly murders by machete-wielding gangs.

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange and Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Stock Exchange signed a memorandum of understanding that may lead to the establishment of a gold market in the African country.

Power grabs in West Africa over the past year - in Chad, Mali and most recently Guinea - are enjoying newfound impunity, leaving citizens angry and distressed.

Zimbabwe’s government ordered state employees who are unwilling to be vaccinated to resign to reduce the risk of them spreading the virus to others.

The group Human Rights Watch has accused Egypt of routinely killing opponents in "unlawful extrajudicial executions" made to look like shootouts.

The Governor of Zimbabwe's central bank has raised concern that companies are snapping up more foreign currency than they are allowed to through the bank's auction system, then sell at inflated prices.

Footage of war-hit northern Ethiopia published by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday reflected the severe humanitarian crisis there, after the United Nations warned that a de facto blockade on aid is bringing millions to

A Tanzanian judge on Monday recused himself from continuing to hear a case involving terrorism charges against the main opposition leader after the defendant expressed a lack of faith in his impartiality.