African countries should call for concessional loans in the climate change fight, say experts.

When Wuri Bailo Keita's two-year-old daughter Fatoumatta developed a fever, he took her to hospital where she was diagnosed with malaria and sent home with a prescription for a paracetamol syrup.

Chad's prime minister resigned along with his government on Tuesday, a day after the country's military leader announced the creation of a "government of national union" to chart the path to new elections.

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Lesotho will be governed by a coalition made up of Revolution for Prosperity, the Alliance of Democrats and Movement for Economic Change after the RFP failed to secure the 61 seats needed for an outright majority.

LONDON, Oct 11 - The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.

Zimbabwe banned the import of Tiger Brands baby-powder products, a month after the South African company recalled some of the items because they may have been tainted by asbestos.

With results pointing to a victory for the seven-month-old Revolution for Prosperity in Lesotho, the 7 October general elections were largely free and fair, according to the European Union election observer team.

A charter aircraft from Angola is grounded at Cape Town International Airport for landing without a mandatory foreign operator permit, according to the transport department.

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.

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.