Talks aimed at bringing peace to eastern DR Congo, home to dozens of armed militias including the M23, are due to begin in Nairobi on November 21, the East African Community said on Sunday.

Troops in the DR Congo clashed with M23 rebels north of the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region.

The debate over abortion rights has flared in Morocco after a teenager's death following an unsafe termination, but social taboos continue to stall reforms.

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Mozambique flagged off its first shipment of liquefied natural gas, exports that could help ease Europe’s energy crunch as Russia squeezes supplies.

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month.

Lagos's 20 million people struggle each day with notoriously poor infrastructure, except for a few wealthy enclaves. Arguably the worst problem is transport.

Northern Mozambique is facing dire food shortages, the United Nations warned as it appealed for funds to keep its food aid flowing to the conflict-ridden region.

Forget Cape Town or Cairo. Nairobi is ranked among the world's top 30 prime cities by real estate giant Knight Frank in its Prime Global Cities Index 2022 for the third quarter.

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe insists that coal will continue to play a critical part in electricity generation in South Africa.

A court in Angola on Thursday jailed dozens of former soldiers belonging to the presidential guard for up to 14 years for fraud and embezzlement in a high-profile mass corruption trial.

A sister of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah quickly disputed a claim by the prosecutor on Thursday that the hunger striker was in "good health", as fear mounts that he is being force-fed.

From 2010 to date, there were 46 attempted overthrows of governments in Africa through coups and other unconstitutional means.

Under new President William Ruto’s government, prosecutors have withdrawn several cases against some of his allies.

Jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stopped drinking water in prison to up the ante of his hunger strike on the first day of the COP27 summit underway in Egypt.

The new agreement was announced during the first official trip of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Kenya.

As Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Senyonga prepares to bury his grandson, age-old traditions are forgotten and fear hangs in the air while a government medical team prepares the body for the funeral - the latest victim of Ebola in the East African nation...

The leaders of Chad's main opposition groups said on Wednesday that they had been forced into hiding over fears for their safety, following a deadly crackdown on anti-junta demonstrations.

A new report has found that almost half of the youth in Africa are discouraged from starting families because of the climate crisis.

Lesotho's first female deputy prime minister and second female finance minister were sworn in last week, but the number of women in in leadership positions remain low.