Russia's RT channel has embarked on expansion plans in Africa, starting to set up headquarters on the continent in South Africa where the Kremlin-funded TV channel is carried and supported by China.

Thirty-three people were killed when a bus plunged into a river at a notorious accident blackspot in central Kenya, officials said.

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A father who allegedly wanted to sell his three children with albinism for use in witchcraft rituals was arrested in Mozambique before being able to close the deal, police said.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has debuted gold coins selling at R30 753.60 and have a local value of ZW$805 745.35 by Monday's prices.

Due to a legacy of human rights violations back home and political assassinations abroad, one of them in South Africa in 2014, the United States Senate committee on foreign relations has called for a "more effective US policy" on Rwanda.

The UN, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia have agreed to a plan for Ukraine to resume grain and fertiliser exports via the Black Sea to Africa and other international markets.

Turnout is expected to be low, as opponents boycott a vote they see as giving the president dictatorial powers.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed fields of food, and the country's troops have blocked ports that would export grain.

An Egyptian court called on Sunday for a legal amendment to allow the live broadcast of the execution of the killer of a female student, as a deterrent to frequent homicides.

The Malian army have said it had thwarted a new attack on a military camp in the centre of the country, two days after a deadly suicide attack in a strategic garrison town near the capital.

One of Kenya's two leading presidential candidates, Raila Odinga, will not take part in an upcoming electoral debate, his campaign team said Sunday, accusing his principal rival of trying to avoid certain topics such as corruption.

When President Cyril Ramaphosa signed six agreements with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara, he cautioned against Africa's reliance on European countries for essential food commodities.

Reuben E Brigety II has been announced as the new US ambassador to South Africa.

Different spheres of government in Nigeria are failing to invest in the youth which creates fertile ground for criminal or violent armed groups to exploit vulnerable and susceptible youngsters to join their cause, argues Jaynisha Patel and Emmanuel B...

At least nine people were killed overnight Thursday-Friday in heavy clashes between militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli, emergency services said.

Police in Kenya have arrested three contractors working for the electoral commission when they landed at the country's main airport in Nairobi.

The Russian paramilitary outfit, the Wagner Group, has emerged as a destabilising force in many democracies across the world, but a majority of them are found in Africa.

Flooding and landslips during Niger's rainy season have so far left 15 people dead and affected more than 23 000 others, the civil protection services said on Thursday.

After the 27 February UN General Assembly vote on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which tested Africa's political and military alliances, US President Joe Biden will in December meet some of the African leaders, who chose to abstain from voting, in per...