The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday accused Rwanda of an "invasion" after rebels it says receive support from Kigali overran a major trading post on the Ugandan border.

A soldier with the SADC Mission in Mozambique has been killed and six others have been injured when the mission's forces raided insurgents in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado Province.

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Rwanda has accused the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known by its French acronym MONUSCO, of "taking sides" and supporting Kinshasa as relations between the neighbours plummet.

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In a move that rights activists say is a violation of the Maasai people's indigenous rights, Tanzania is forcibly removing groups of Maasai from their ancestral land in Loliondo, a part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Gunmen kidnapped 30 wedding guests in northwest Nigeria over the weekend, two sources said, the latest in a surge of mass abductions hitting the region.

Gemfields says the attack was 65km from the Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada operations, in which it has a 75% stake. MRM is believed to be the most significant recently discovered ruby deposit in the world.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police pleaded with politicians not to stoke the fire of an already volatile environment following the murder of opposition activist Moreblessing Ali.

The Skeleton Coast in northern Namibia is home to brown hyenas, also known as strand wolves.

At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources told AFP on Sunday.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that next year's presidential election will be "free", "safe" and "transparent" as he marked the anniversary of the country's return to democracy.

Nigerian Exchange, plans to start a blockchain-enabled exchange platform next year to deepen trade and lure young investors to the market.

With more than half its population lacking mains electricity and still using charcoal and other damaging sources for cooking, Africa's energy future — torn between fossil fuels and renewables — is up for grabs.

An attack at a checkpoint in southeast Mali has killed at least five people, including customs officers and civilians, local and military sources have said.

A policeman has been killed in northeast Tanzania during a clash with Masai herders protesting the cordoning off of land to create a wildlife protection area, an official has said.

Clashes between armed groups erupted in Libya's capital on Friday night, according to local media, as the country reels from a failed coup attempt three weeks ago.

Britain's Prince Charles has called the government's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda "appalling", a report said Saturday after it cleared a legal challenge.

The Rwanda Defence Force says the Democratic Republic of Congo's army has, for the third time in the space of two weeks, bombed Rwandan territory.

The United States says its sanctions on Russia do not affect its food and fertiliser exports to the Global South.