Cameroon will this month preside over the Peace and Security Council, the standing decision-making organ of the African Union on the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.

A young chimpanzee wrapped his arms around the neck of his rescuer in a brief hug as he was released from a wooden cage to scamper off to play in his spacious new enclosure.

Jihadists attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, killing seven people and looting supplies, shortly after UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in the troubled region for a visit, local sources said on Wednesday.

Botswana has dismissed as 'outrageous' claims by former president Ian Khama that his family is under siege and there's a plot to assassinate him.

Sudanese entrepreneur Mohamed Samir watches proudly as workers assemble garishly coloured rickshaws, unique in the North African nation because they run on electricity in a bid to tackle soaring costs.

There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.

Heavily armed Al-Shabaab jihadist fighters on Tuesday attacked a military base in Somalia where African Union peacekeepers are stationed, causing casualties, a local military commander and witnesses said.

This year's Press Freedom Day - on 3 May - is celebrated at a time when journalists operating in Ethiopia are experiencing some of the harshest working conditions to ever emerge in Africa.

According to The Guardian, over 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010.

The Norwegian Refugee Council said that, so far, 300 000 people have no access to water, after their water sources were attacked.

If the war in Ukraine goes well into May, food prices would likely increase by about 17% with the sharpest hike expected in East, West, and Southern Africa, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its latest report.

The first South African company on the Financial Times list of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies is at number 10.

Human Rights Watch has said there was "compelling evidence" that Russian paramilitary troops are committing serious rights abuses and killing civilians in the Central African Republic.

A month-long joint operation by Rwandan security forces and the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in the Macomia district of Cabo Delgado has restored life to normal.

Cabo Verde and Niger are the only two African countries that have signed 'The Declaration for the Future of the Internet'.

A three-storey mainly residential building has collapsed in Lagos, killing eight people and injuring 23 others who were rescued and taken to hospitals, the emergency services have said.

Chad's military government has announced it is postponing the start of landmark national talks with opposition forces and rebels, as preparatory negotiations between the two sides drag out in Qatar.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate Russian President Vladimir Putin in his attempt to revive Africa’s worst performing currency.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said his government would hike the country's minimum wage by 12% immediately to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices, driven in part by the war in Ukraine.

Zimbabwe is working on measures to increase confidence in the local money as it wants to de-dollarise its currency.