Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has escaped unharmed when shots hit his car, a source close to him has said.

Thirty-two people have died in an outbreak of cholera in the central-western African state of Cameroon, the authorities said.

Immediate needs such as safe water, sanitation, medicine, and food top the priority list of what is required to support at least 75 000 people affected by Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar.

ANTANANARIVO, Feb 9 - The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar rose to 80 from a previously reported 29, the state disaster relief agency said on Wednesday as information continued to filter in from areas of the country that were badly aff

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has made a mouth-watering proposition to teachers in a bid to avert a catastrophic strike by government workers who say their salaries have been eroded by inflation.

Judges at the International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda must pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a former military intelligence chief, who is blacklisted by the United States over alleged rights violations, to the top command of the country's feared police force.

The government of Zimbabwe has warned teachers to stop their "act of misconduct" or be prepared to face "appropriate measures" after public school teachers earning on average R1 000 embarked on a strike.

A week after a failed coup in Guinea-Bissau broadcasters at the independent Radio Capital FM ran away from four armed men who opened fire while raiding the radio station.

At least 20 people are dead and 55 000 have been left homeless in Madagascar after a cyclone slammed into the island's eastern coast.

A legal non-profit filed a complaint against Ethiopia at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, alleging "massive human rights violations" against civilians.

Schools in many countries in southern Africa went back to full-time classes on Monday - after nearly two years of blended learning. WATCH.

An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme has said.

Zimbabwe's central bank has ruled out a return to using the US dollar as official currency because there's not enough greenbacks in the country.

The cyclone that battered parts of Madagascar over the weekend killed at least 20 people, displaced 50 000 and destroyed crops that were close to being harvested, the head of the United Nations' food aid agency in the country said.

The government of Botswana has made alterations to the new Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill in what a coalition of media practitioners has called a positive "trade-off."

Moroccans attended the funeral of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who spent five days trapped down a well, sparking a vast rescue operation that gripped the world but ended in tragedy.

South Africa was urged by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to address xenophobia, rising unemployment and inequality at the recent African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia.

In a travel advisory notice, the US Department of State has warned its citizens in Ethiopia that should the situation in the East African country deteriorate further, it will not be able to evacuate them.

Three crew members on board a Nigerian oil vessel that exploded and sank last week have been found alive while seven were still missing, the ship operator said.