Kenya's top two presidential candidates have announced their running mates, with veteran contender Raila Odinga opting for a champion of women's rights and social justice and his rival William Ruto choosing a skilled political campaigner.

Zimbabwe on Monday sought the support of the European Union to sell off $600 million (R9.7 billion) worth of ivory it has accumulated due to the global ban on the sale of tusks.

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Rwanda will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting from 20 to 26 June having received 50 refugees deported from its former coloniser, the United Kingdom, just weeks before the gathering.

The widow of a human rights defender murdered by the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) police in 2010 has called on authorities to track down every single person implicated.

Mali's junta announced on Sunday that it will quit a West African anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional group.

An alliance of charities has sued the Ugandan government on behalf of millions of citizens, arguing that vulnerable groups have been denied access to potentially life-saving services due to flaws in the national ID card rollout.

Off the back of an R800 million investment programme, Jubilee metals want to expand further.

The field of candidates has been whittled down from a long list that featured 36 names in the first round of voting.

The Zimbabwean government said it was working closely with Rwanda to hunt down and extradite several alleged fugitives of the Rwandan genocide believed to be in the country.

Zimbabwe denied on Sunday that it harboured "most wanted" Rwandan genocide-accused fugitive Protais Mpiranya, after the United Nations said he died in the country in 2006.

Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, demanding a return to the normal democratic order and rejecting his replacement of the independent electoral commission with one he named himself.

Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on the global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers such as Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortunes after decades of economic decline.

Emmerson Mnangagwa has stymied Zimbabwe's economy, five years after he declared the country "Open for business."

The Ethiopian government has revoked the media accreditation of The Economist journalist Tom Gardner.

Nigeria has recorded 15 monkeypox cases this year since the disease's re-emergence in the country in September 2017.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has backtracked on its blanket directive to stop banks’ lending activities after Tongaat Hulett’s Zimbabwe units and other companies stopped credit sales and advances to suppliers.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema met his counterparts from South Africa and Botswana, Cyril Ramaphosa and Mokgweetsi Masisi, respectively, on the sidelines of the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2022 to discuss trade and investments.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, called it painful, but a "temporary, necessary measure to ensure that there is sanity in terms of taming inflation".

The US is not opposed to China investing in Africa but wants to make sure "that it follows the highest standards", says US Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Jose W Fernandez on the sidelines of the Investing in African M...