A day before the anniversary of the civil war in Ethiopia, a cessation of hostilities agreement was reached by warring factions in talks that went into overtime in Pretoria.

Ethiopia's government and the rebel authorities in the Tigray region said Wednesday they had signed a deal to cease hostilities after two years of brutal conflict.

A London court approved on Thursday a confiscation order of 93.5 million pounds (R2 billion) against the British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore for seven bribery offences in relation to its oil operations in Africa.

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After 10 days of 'intense' peace talks, a cessation of hostilities agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Force to end the war in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.

South Africa is the world's 12th biggest source of greenhouse gases and environmentalists blame the country for its reliance on fossil fuels.

The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray have agreed to cease hostilities, African Union mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday just over a week after formal peace talks began in South Africa.

The Zimbabwean government says most people living and working in South Africa under the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit system do not qualify for critical skills permits, and it is preparing for an influx of returning citizens.

Dida, famed for her long tusks, was aged between 60 and 65 years, and died of natural causes, wildlife officials say.

More than 200 000 Nigerians displaced by a long-running Islamist insurgency are struggling for food and shelter after authorities in the northeast shut some of the camps they were living in and stopped aid, Human Rights Watch said in

Kenyan president William Ruto's first test of war is deploying soldiers to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to help fend off M23 rebels that have taken up critical positions in the mineral-rich North Kivu province.

The plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is under way in Botswana and it's expected to decide if Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.

Egyptian security forces have arrested nearly 70 people in connection with calls for protests to coincide with the COP27 climate summit, a rights group said.

A UK parliamentarian is lobbying for sanctions against Eritrea for its role in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Like Nigeria, MTN Ghana is facing an order by authorities to conduct SIM registration of all customers and SIM cards that have not completed registration face being blocked from 1 November 2022.

Thousands of anti-Rwanda protesters marched through the eastern DR Congo city of Goma on Monday, AFP journalists saw, as M23 rebels tightened their grip on the surrounding countryside.

MTN asked the Nigerian government to reverse a directive cancelling an increase in telecom tariffs implemented by operators last month, citing rising costs in the industry.

Russia's withdrawal from the United Nations brokered deal, to allow grain and fertiliser to leave Ukraine via the Black Sea, will alter global food production - and Africa could likely be the hardest hit.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held an emergency meeting with security chiefs, who played down any increased threats after the US embassy warned of potential attacks on the capital.

The Standard Bank Group is open to acquisitions in Nigeria and Kenya as Africa’s biggest lender by assets expands its presence in key markets on the continent.