Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has been accused of corruption and a failing government system that has resulted in the masses "languishing in abject poverty".

The World Health Organisation has put Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia on high alert after a wild poliovirus case was detected in Malawi.

Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be her father -- an ordeal thousands of Moroccan girls face every year due to a legal loophole.

Burkina Faso's interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore.

A Tunisian court sentenced 16 people to death in the first judgements against jihadists involved in 2016 attacks near the Libyan border that left scores dead, media reported Saturday.

Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt's State Council, a top court in the Arab country.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and opposition leader Freeman Mbowe pledged to heal rifts and buttress democracy as they met hours after Mbowe was freed from jail in a surprise move.

Botswana, the world’s second-largest diamond producer, is seeking a more prominent role in the industry as No. 1 player Russia faces international outrage following its invasion of Ukraine.

A case of recycling ministers, rewarding friends from as far back as secondary school and perpetuating alleged corruption despite the hidden debt scandal that engulfed one of the poorer nations in southern Africa, is what Mozambique's President Filip...

A Tanzanian court on Friday ordered the release of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe and three other defendants after the prosecution dropped terrorism charges against them.

The United States has extended its sanctions on Zimbabwe, a month after the European Union did the same. In a statement, US President Joe Biden said this was done because Zimbabwe's gross human rights and democratic principles disregard are a threat ...

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi appointed former energy minister Max Tonela as his new finance minister, replacing Adriano Maleiane, who was removed from the post on March 2.

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday appointed Adriano Afonso Maleiane as the new prime minister, shortly after sacking Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, and filled several other posts.

Zimbabwe says the historic United Nations (UN) vote denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine "further complicates the situation".

The Democratic Republic of Congo is gradually regaining control of its cobalt and copper mining sector from Chinese investors through court rulings in favour of the government and its people.

Cut off by Russian forces and surrounded by the sounds of battle, Adamu Rabiu sleeps in his clothes, shoes laced, ready to flee if he can.

Botswana is currently lobbying European Union member states to back the country's bid to host the Kimberley Process Secretariat in Gaborone ahead of China and Austria who have also shown an interest.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday sacked his prime minister in a major cabinet reshuffle that appeared calculated to minimise political fallout from bruising testimony at a corruption trial.

Three years ago, Akor Pelkings fled his home in western Cameroon, where a conflict raged between the security forces and rebels fighting for an independent state.

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday fired six ministers, including the country's finance minister, an official statement from the President's office said, in what was seen as a major cabinet reshuffle.