Public transport remained at a standstill on Sunday in Eswatini, in the latest protest against Africa's last absolute monarchy, rocked by a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.

A Tunisian court on Sunday ordered a lawmaker to be detained over suspected tax fraud and money laundering - the fourth parliamentarian to be taken into custody since President Kais Saied seized near total control of the country in July.

The Algerian coastguard recovered four bodies from the Mediterranean Sea and rescued 13 migrants after a boat capsized in its waters, the defence ministry said Sunday.

The West African archipelago nation of Cape Verde, one of the continent's most stable democracies, voted on Sunday for a new president who will be tasked with righting its tourism-driven economy after the Covid-19 pandemic sent growth cratering.

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Demonstrations were sparked by concerns over the independence of the electoral commission.

Algeria's president has called for an approach free of "colonialist thought" on historical issues between his country and France.

Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, said Saturday it had shut its schools "indefinitely with immedi ate effect" as the country faces a wave of pro-democracy protests.

A ship’s captain who handed 101 migrants over to the Libyan coastguard after rescuing them in the Mediterranean Sea has been given a one-year jail term, in the first such case heard by Italy’s courts.

Gunmen have killed a ranger in the Virunga National Park, home to endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where armed groups also roam.

The King of Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, has accused pro-democracy demonstrators of depriving children of education after they joined protests this month.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4 878 719 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

Eswatini has shut down the internet for two hours as pro-democracy marchers headed to the capital.

Three days of fighting in a land dispute in north western DR Congo left 13 people dead, many injured and around 50 homes burned to the ground, officials said.

Three Kenyan officers are in custody over the disappearance of a self-confessed serial killer described as a "bloodthirsty vampire", barely three months after his arrest.

Southern African troops have driven jihadists out of northern Mozambique but will stay in the country indefinitely to ensure the situation remains under control, a regional bloc said.

A telecoms blackout will be maintained in large swathes of north west Nigeria because it is helping the armed forces crack down on bandits responsible for a wave of abductions and attacks.

Rwandan police have announced the arrest of six people including the owner of a popular YouTube channel and three opposition party members for "spreading rumours".

Pro-democracy protests have flared up in Eswatini, months after authorities loyal to the southern African country's absolute monarch quashed an earlier round of demonstrations.

A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a health official has said, less than a week after the death of a young boy raised fears of another major outbreak.