Prince William has issued a statement after hearing of the death of Charles Okawa.

The horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, and hundreds of wildlife are dying.

Crime is a big issue and it ranks second to unemployment, among issues the public wants addressed, the report revealed.

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A Mozambican court on Wednesday found a former president's son and 10 other people guilty on charges related to a $2 billion "hidden debt" scandal.

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reiterated their call for a meeting with former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and have vowed to continue to respect a two-week-old ceasefire.

The release of child soldiers, rehabilitation, and care for victims of sexual violence were some of the resolutions made at the third Inter-Congolese Dialogue on the restoration of peace in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo that en...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame will arrive at the United States-African Leaders Summit next week amid strained relations with Washington DC over two matters that remain unsolved.

Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant.

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo claim stray bullets killed eight civilians during an exchange of gunfire with government forces last week.

Senegalese authorities were searching for two opposition lawmakers on Monday after they attacked a woman MP during a brawl in parliament last week, a senior police official told AFP.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country will need to rely on their neighbours in the South African Development Community (SADC) region for electricity as it faces a severe shortage of power.

In a statement, Beijing said Afghanistan; Benin; Burkina Faso; Guinea-Bissau; Lesotho; Malawi; Sao Tome, Principe; Tanzania; Uganda and Zambia would benefit from the facility.

A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday.

Sudan's military and political parties signed a framework deal on Monday that provides for a two-year civilian-led transition towards elections and would end a standoff triggered by a coup in October 2021.

More than half of Tigrayan forces have withdrawn from the frontlines, the forces' top commander said, a month after a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Gunmen in Nigeria killed a dozen worshippers, including an imam, and kidnapped several others from a mosque on Saturday night, local residents said on Sunday, in the latest attack by armed gangs in the north of the country.

Burkina Faso has ordered the immediate suspension of Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcasts, accusing it of putting out a "message of intimidation" attributed to a "terrorist chief".

Fifty-seven former hostages of a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, some young women used as sex slaves, were reunited with their families Saturday, AFP correspondents saw.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck began a five-day trip to Namibia and South Africa Sunday, part of a push to secure new energy resources for Europe’s biggest economy to compensate for the cut-off from Russian gas supplies.