Almost everyone on board a boat died when it capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria's Anambra state, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday.

Yoweri Museveni, 76, is a political science and economics graduate from the University of Dar es Salaam. He has ruled for 36 years, while his eight predecessors have shared 24 years.

Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organisation said they could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.

Watch all the latest news videos from around Africa

The chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is optimistic the peace talks to end hostilities in Ethiopia will be a success.

For every 1 000 people in Africa, 29 worked as forced labourers in 2021, and most of them were children and women, according to the International Labour Organisation, the International Organisation for Migration and the organisation Walk Free.

Lesotho citizens were due to vote in an election on Friday, after years of political instability that the southern African mountain kingdom's lawmakers have yet to resolve.

The Rosetta Stone helped break the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics – before being taken by Europeans.

In Uganda, Sudan Ebolavirus is killing healthcare workers at an alarming rate.

For about a year and a half, Precious Mpofu, 42, nursed her mother as her health deteriorated, while the family concluded she had been bewitched.

A vast and controversial East African oil project led by French oil giant TotalEnergies risks inflicting "unacceptable" damage, a report by two NGOs warned on Wednesday.

Ethiopia's government and rebels from the country's Tigray region said Wednesday they were ready to attend peace talks after the African Union invited both parties to negotiations in South Africa.

Sixty-three confirmed and probable cases have been reported in the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, including 29 deaths, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Lieutenant-General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as the commander of the land forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force, after a series of tweets that seem to have sparked a diplomatic tiff with Kenya.

African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as necessary to economic growth and electricity access.

Sub-Saharan Africa's economy is set to grow 3.3% this year, down from 4.1% in 2021, the World Bank said, due to slowing global growth, drought, inflation and rising risk of debt distress.

South Africa could play more than just a cameo role in the African Union-led peace initiative in Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 4 - African startups attracted a record $3.5 billion in venture capital investment in the first half of this year, bucking a global decline in dealmaking linked to worldwide economic turmoil, data released by an industry group show

Lesotho celebrates 56 years of independence on Tuesday, but the celebrations are clouded by the anticipation of the Mountain Kingdom's elections on Friday.

The ruling All Basotho Convention has been unable to pass important constitutional changes in parliament.