Four of the longest-serving African heads of state came into power through military coups – and, while they're now over 70 years old, they are not showing any signs of leaving office.

An opposition leader has quit, voting has been postponed for rural residents, and a man has been eaten by a lion in a national park: these are just a few of the lies Zimbabweans have seen circulating on social media.

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

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One year after a military coup derailed Sudan's transition, the country remains mired in deepening political and economic turmoil that observers say poses threats of even greater instability.

The African Union Peace and Security Council held a meeting focusing on the AU-led peace process for Ethiopia, scheduled to take place in South Africa on Monday.

Morocco has blasted what it called Pretoria's "gesticulations and agitations" over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, in reaction to Cyril Ramaphosa backing the region's independence.

Malawi unearthed four more bodies following the grim discovery of a grave containing the remains of 25 men suspected to be Ethiopian migrants, police said.

Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator ordered mobile telecommunication companies to reverse a 10% tariff hike that was meant to cover rising costs.

With 30 days before the FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar, there is still no remedy fund for migrant workers, most of whom are from Africa and Asia.

African Union-led peace talks aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, will be held in South Africa on Monday, says the Ethiopian government.

Amid pressure against America, US Department of State sanctions coordinator James O'Brien says sanctions on Zimbabwe target "the people who are responsible for and profit from human rights abuses, corruption and anti-democratic actions".

Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a bigger problem dwarfs them all -- climate change.

The Ethiopians government said Thursday that peace talks on the nearly two-year-old war in Tigray would start in South Africa next week.

Malawi has discovered a mass grave in the north of the country containing the remains of 25 people suspected to be migrants from Ethiopia, police said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Kenya's William Ruto are the two most recent African leaders to reaffirm support for Western Sahara.

One of the poorest and most arid states in the world, the landlocked nation of Chad has been hit by exceptional floods that have affected hundreds of thousands of lives.

The UN has warned that Somalia is on the brink of a child malnutrition tragedy at a scale not seen in decades.

The Zimbabwean government has urged residents with exemption permits to comply with South African laws after it emerged only a handful had applied for the available mainstream visas.

The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has announced the approval of the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as a pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, a first for Africa.