Grindrod, the Johannesburg-listed logistics operator, plans to triple capacity at its drybulk port terminals in Mozambique to cater for growing demand for coal exports from South Africa.

Zimbabwe's former finance minister, Tendai Biti, was on Monday detained for several hours while campaigning for upcoming legislative by-elections in Harare amid fears of a fresh wave of opposition arrests.

The trial in Zimbabwe of New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo, accused of arranging fake accreditation for two colleagues, ended Monday with his lawyers seeking to have the case dismissed.

As climate change continues to devastate rural areas, young women are moving to urban centres – and into prostitution.

Nigeria's drug agency on Monday declared a suspended senior police officer once celebrated for exposing several high-profile crimes as wanted for complicity in an international drug deal.

Mali's ruling military junta, which is being squeezed by economic sanctions, has defaulted on several payments on the regional financial market, according to West African finance officials.

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi received a thousand tonnes of donated maize from Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was on a one-day state visit to Maputo on Friday.

The fine and prison terms are contained in a government gazette, which was published on Friday, under the Public Health Act.

The Madagascar town of Mananjary has been destroyed after Tropical Cyclone Batsirai, aid workers have said.

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.