Fresh off a visit to conflict-torn regions of Ethiopia, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed described Friday the "unimaginable" horrors women have faced, and called for justice and accountability.

Madagascar's death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai rose to 111 Friday, with most of the fatalities from a single district where it levelled homes.

At least 135 000 public school teachers will be affected by the Zimbabwean government's decision to suspend them without pay for a going on strike.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah on Friday promised to draft a new election law to solve the political crisis in the North African country.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi says the European Union will send "equipment" to the Cabo Delgado region as part of its commitment to assist the country fight off insurgents.

At least six people were killed in the Somali capital in a suspected suicide bombing at a restaurant near a security checkpoint leading to the presidential palace, a security official said.

The UN Security Council has expressed "serious concern" over Burkina Faso's "unconstitutional change of government", but chose not to describe it as a military coup.

An illegal oil refining industry has long thrived in Nigeria's Niger Delta - a practice that involves tapping oil from pipelines and burning it at high temperature in makeshift tanks.

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.