The West African state of Benin, which is threatened by the spread of jihadist violence from the Sahel, has suffered around 20 attacks, according to the first official tally of these assaults.

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's presidential election, a court ruled, clearing doubts over his eligibility and paving the way for him to return to national politics.

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Soldiers patrolling eastern Democratic Republic of Congo discovered 17 decapitated bodies, believed to be victims of a notorious rebel group, local sources said.

Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia are teaming up to legalise the international trade in ivory, which has been banned for decades.

Allies of Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera have proposed changes to the constitution that would let him keep running for office, prompting protests from the opposition.

Recent clashes between the military and M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced 37 000 people, two NGOs said on Friday.

Sudanese women's activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, the organisation announced on Friday.

Cape Town is a beautiful city for runners but not as picturesque as Lagos, according to a count of Instagram hashtags.

Senegal's President Macky Sall fired his health minister on Thursday as his country mourned the death of 11 newborn babies in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit.

Suspected jihadists killed around 50 civilians in Burkina Faso, the Eastern region's governor said, in the latest attack in the impoverished Sahel nation.

Eleven newborn babies have perished in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, authorities said.

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has secured 400 000 metric tons of maize imports from Zambia and Malawi in what it calls "economic diplomacy" as several African countries start to shop around for grain.

The acting director of Africa's top public health agency said that he hoped the vaccine hoarding episode seen during the Covid-19 pandemic will not be repeated with the current monkeypox outbreak.

Yahya Jammeh has been accused of murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed in his more than 20-year rule.

A spike in cholera in Cameroon has killed 140 people since October last year, Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said on Wednesday.

Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the president of the country said late on Wednesday.

The Gambian government said it will prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed under his more than 20-year rule.

Senegal's president and African Union chairman Macky Sall said that when he visits Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks he will push them to unblock exports of grains and fertilizer to avoid widespread famine.

Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, and Uganda will be the first African countries to benefit from US-based drug manufacturer Pfizer's "An Accord for a Healthier World" initiative to reduce the health inequities that exist in many lower-income countries.