Several civilians have been killed by rebel fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the country’s army and civil society groups.

More than 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in southern Nigeria during an overcrowded church charity event where food was being distributed.

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Rwanda implicated the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel outfit in the disappearance of two Rwanda Defence Force soldiers last week.

The diplomatic strain between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has culminated in the latter banning RwandAir from flying into its territory.

Migrants ‘extremely vulnerable’ to rights abuses carried out by foreign fighters and armed groups, UN report says.

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.

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.