Although they are not responsible for causing climate change, Africans are the ones who are bearing the brunt and the cost of the phenomenon, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said Sunday, accusing it of bias and working for special interests.

Clashes between military forces and armed groups at the facilities of a former international peace-keeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region left an unknown number of people dead and injured on Saturday, a military statement said.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia has called for Africa to be given a bigger role in the UN, especially on the Security Council where peace and security matters are handled.

An Egyptian businessman has been charged with "human trafficking" and "sexual assault" a month after he was arrested over accusations that he abused seven girls in an orphanage he founded.

Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Saturday urged the African Union to withdraw Israel's accreditation, bringing simmering tensions to a head as the 55-member bloc opened a two-day summit in Addis Ababa.

Winds of more than 200km per hour were forecast as Cyclone Batsirau bore down on Madagascar.

Heads of state gathered Saturday at the African Union headquarters to kick off a two-day summit as the continent reels from a spate of military coups and the coronavirus pandemic.

An oil vessel used for storage that exploded off the coast of Nigeria this week had not been maintained for sometime and had technical issues, two sources and an environmental group said on Friday, as its wreckage lay in the sea after the fire was pu...

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.