Aid agencies say it is because Africa's newest sovereign country inherited a legacy of prolonged civil war and severe underdevelopment.

"We are looking at how to strengthen democracy and public freedom, using a new path that will allow different political parties to work together," Burundian President Ndayishiminye says.

Many people are deserting the ranks of the Islamic insurgency in Mozambique as the military presses gains, according to the deputy chief of a multinational African force who admits the conflict remains a "puzzle".

Teachers at state schools in Zimbabwe can’t afford to return to work, three days before classes are set to resume.

Russia's geopolitical ambitions in Africa have in recent years been backed by private military contractors, often described as belonging to the "Wagner group" - an entity with no known legal status.

Africa's internet economy has the potential to leapfrog the continent's trade and logistics capabilities and become a key global player in food security.

Africa needs the capability and technology to provide solutions when crises hit, executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, has told the 40th African Union Ordinary Session of the Executive Council.

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau says the coup attempt in his country is linked to his fight against drug trafficking and corruption. He says the failed coup has caused many deaths and injuries.

With African heads of states and diplomats gathered in Ethiopia for the African Union's 20th Summit, this year's theme speaks directly to the hosts, Ethiopia, and the whole of the Horn of Africa.

Tennis star Serena Williams and NBK Capital Partners have joined a growing number of investors in African startups seeking to take advantage of a tech and innovative-finance boom on the continent.

Guinea-Bissau's president on Tuesday said the government had the situation "under control" in the unstable west African country after an attempted coup in which he claimed many people had been killed or injured.

The airline said for delegates to qualify for the promotion, they would have to provide proof that they were attending the African Union Summit in Ethiopia.

Cabo Delgado's Palma District has finally opened schools in line with the national school calendar.

Separatist rebels have killed four Senegalese soldiers and are holding seven hostage after a clash on the border between Senegal and The Gambia last week, the Senegalese army said in a statement.

The chairperson and CEO of French firm TotalEnergies is on a two-nation visit to cement relations with Rwanda and Mozambique ahead of the company's return to the insurgent-hit oil and gas rich Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.

France said on Tuesday that it would review along with EU partners its military presence in Mali, a day after the junta in Bamako ordered the French ambassador to leave the country.

Ethiopian Airlines is set Tuesday to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years ago killed all 157 people on board and triggered the global grounding of the aircraft.

Mali on Monday said it was expelling the French ambassador in light of "hostile" comments, a move likely to ratchet up tensions with its former colonial ruler and ally following a military coup.

A Tanzanian jihadist leader responsible for audacious attacks in northern Mozambique has been killed, police announced Monday.

Ethiopia's conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, and some airline employees are using their company's planes to escape, per CNN.