There are concerns that separatist leaders in English-speaking areas of Cameroon might be losing control of their forces, as grave human rights violations are on the rise, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report.

Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits expired in December.

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Zimbabwean nationals working as teachers in South Africa are desperate ahead of South Africa's plan to discontinue the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit.

A well at a site operated by local Nigerian firm Eroton Exploration and Production Limited has been spilling oil and gas into the Niger Delta for more than a week, the company and an agency responsible for detecting oil spills said.

A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances -- a case that has sparked widespread outrage.

Nigeria's Zamfara state will start issuing licences to individuals to carry guns to defend themselves against armed gangs of kidnappers causing havoc in the country's northwest, the state's commissioner for information has said.

Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to more than double the benchmark interest rate - already the highest in the world - to 190% as it seeks to put a brake on soaring inflation.

Zimbabwean healthcare workers halted a five-day-old pay strike and returned to work on, but union leaders warned they would resume the walkout if the government failed to make an improved wage offer within two weeks.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government will announce new measures Saturday targeting inflation and the soaring cost of basic commodities

Twenty-nine people kidnapped by gunmen two weeks ago as they returned from a wedding in northwest Nigeria have been freed, relatives told AFP Friday.

While Africa heavily relies on Ukraine and Russia for its food security, both countries need the African market to sustain themselves in a war that has raged on for the past four months.

Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Friday he is isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, shortly after returning from a trip to the United Arab Emirates.

Jebali says the arrest is politically motivated, as President Saied continues his crackdown on opponents.

Commonwealth leaders have met in Kigali to discuss cooperation on topics from trade to health to climate, against a backdrop of criticism of host Rwanda's human rights record and of a British policy to deport asylum seekers.

Eswatini's "winter revolution" has derailed a European Union-funded project as pro-democracy groups push for the abdication of King Mswati III.

Rwanda and German pharma company BioNTech broke ground Thursday on Africa's first mRNA vaccine factory where cutting-edge treatments for diseases like Covid-19 will be made for millions across the continent.

Dnata, a subsidiary of the sprawling Emirates Group conglomerate, has been rocked by controversy in Zanzibar, Tanzania, after it emerged that officials flouted a series of aviation regulations in order to award the company a $7-million tender.