The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the world’s largest measles outbreak that killed more than 7,000 children has now ended. Efforts to stop its spread were hampere... Read more
Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo has been barred from running for the presidency in upcoming elections after a court upheld the electoral commission’s decision to re... Read more
Campaigning begins in Tanzania on Wednesday ahead of a general election due at the end of October. President John Magufuli, who is seeking re-election, faces 14 challengers. The ruling CCM p... Read more
African countries are closing in on 1.2 million coronavirus cases mark, according to an update by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The centre tweeted that the cases a... Read more
Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversi... Read more
The opposition in Burkina Faso has agreed to rally behind any challenger to President Roch Kaboré who reaches the second round in November’s elections. Eight presidential candidates an... Read more
The police in Ivory Coast have arrested a man who allegedly set buses on fire last week during mass protests in the commercial capital, Abidjan. The violent protests have been going on for w... Read more
The masterminds of Mali’s coup that ousted President Ibrahim Keïta on Tuesday include the deputy head of a military camp and a French-trained general. BBC Monitoring has profiled three... Read more
The soldiers who ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta say they plan to set up a civilian transitional government and hold new elections. The spokesman for the soldiers said t... Read more
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday. In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government and parliament,... Read more
The Italian government says it will give $13m (£9.8m) to Tunisia, to help the country strengthen its maritime borders and stop hundreds of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in small boats.... Read more
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reshuffled his cabinet dropping a former close ally, Defence Minister Lemma Megersa. Mr Lemma was recently suspended from the ruling party’s exe... Read more
The US government has filed fraud and money laundering charges against those behind an adoption scheme that placed Ugandan children who were not orphans with US families. Two Americans, Marg... Read more
Human rights campaigners are calling on the Egyptian authorities to release a group of female social media influencers who have been imprisoned for making videos which “breach Egyptian... Read more
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