Critics take to social media to slam royal’s comments concerning pressures faced by wildlife.

Nigeria is planning to give cash handouts to the poor, that may cost the government 2.4 trillion naira a year (R96 billion) in a bid to replace fuel subsides.

China has won the Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy war in Africa and the rest of the developing world ahead of Russia, India and the West because the Asian giant supplies the majority of vaccines to African countries, according to a report by the Economist...

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With a critical mass of thousands of educated graduates and rising unemployment, amid the wide exposure to the ideas of liberal democracy, it is becoming an uphill task to maintain absolute monarchism in Eswatini, writes Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini.

Malawi has approached US heavyweight boxing great Mike Tyson to become brand ambassador for the southern African country's nascent medicinal cannabis industry in a bid to attract investment.

For Malawian prosperity gospel preacher Shepherd Bushiri, it's business as usual - with allegations that thousands of worshippers from all over the world visit him weekly for spiritual deliverance.

Tanzania said it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticised policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to direct the war from the front lines, state-affiliated media reported, as two Olympian athletes announced they were enlisting in the military.

Britain called on its nationals to leave Ethiopia immediately due to an intensification of conflict in the East African country.

When popular Rwandan singer Albert Nabonibo came out as gay, he lost everything overnight: the love of his fans, friends and family. He then found sanctuary in an unexpected source: the embrace of a Kigali church.

South Africa’s Legal Practice Council and the Minister of Justice are opposing a court bid by three Zimbabwean-born graduates to change legislation which bars them from practising law in South Africa.

Eleven out of the 15 most polluted African cities, excluding those in Nigeria, are in SA, according to a report by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology and consultancy company

A lighting bolt struck and wounded 13 male prisoners while they were having lunch at a jail in northwestern Zimbabwe, an official said.

Zimbabwean authorities on Monday arrested nine Congolese men who allegedly slipped into the country in transit to South Africa where they intended to start new lives.

Kenyans will have to prove they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to access government services and public places such as national parks, bars and restaurants under new health regulations.

Kenya has launched a murder investigation into the death of a BBC staff member in a Nairobi hotel room, the city's police chief said.

Sudan's deposed prime minister and the top general who ousted him a month ago have signed a breakthrough deal to reverse the military takeover, but protests continued and a teenager was killed.

SAA has pulled its flights to Mozambique’s Maputo and lowered its expectations for Lusaka in Zambia, but its plans for Lagos are forging ahead.

Kenya will require people seeking government services to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus from December 21 as authorities move to increase inoculation before the year-end holiday season.