The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission called on Wednesday for the immediate release of more than 8 500 people from the war-torn Tigray region it said were being illegally held in two camps.

Twenty people were found dead in the Libyan desert following a vehicle breakdown near the border with Chad and were presumed to have died of thirst, rescuers said.

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Life in Kinshasa was going well for Zawadi, a mother of two from Rwanda, until faraway fighting stoked Congolese anger against her country and videos of men with machetes prowling the city streets in search of Rwandans surfaced on social media.

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The acquistion of equity in the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company by South Africa's iGAS and Companhia Mocambicana de Gasoduto has been hailed as a win for natural gas trade between the countries

Ghana police fired tear gas and arrested more than two dozen protesters in the capital Accra on Tuesday after a demonstration over soaring living costs turned violent.

An Algerian appeals court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for corruption against Chakib Khelil, energy minister for a decade under long time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the APS news agency reported.

The Department of Home Affairs has accused the Helen Suzman Foundation and NGOs of trying to "dislodge" the government in response to the notice that the foundation intended to take the department to court over its handling of the conversion of Zimba...

Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 through a NATO-backed uprising, Libya has not known peace. But the mood within the 15-member United Nations Security Council is that the country is on its last stretch towards achieving constitutionalism.

The Eswatini government says the country is 'under threat' of 'senseless' attacks after a mob killed two police officers amid protests under the banner of the 'winter revolution' spread throughout the country's four regions.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict could have a silver lining for African countries in the long run, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, because it forces them to be more self-sufficient as they look to bolster their food supply.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari swore in an acting Chief Justice to replace Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad who resigned suddenly on health grounds.

Tunisia's powerful UGTT union has called for a new nationwide strike in the public sector including state firms to protest against the government's economic policies, escalating a dispute with the government.

More than 30 villagers, including women and children, have been killed in an ethnic-related attack in western Cameroon, local sources said.

A Malawi court has sentenced a Catholic priest to 30 years and several other people to life in prison over the gruesome 2018 murder of a man with albinism.

Each dollar invested in producing food in Ethiopia's Tigray region has the potential to multiply in value, which is why donors should intervene in saving its meher planting season, says the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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 Exemption Permits expired in December.

With just six months to go until the permit is cancelled, tens of thousands of Zimbabweans - our neighbours - will no longer be welcome in South Africa and their lives will be turned upside down again. In the spirit of ubuntu, we should all be ashame...