Police in the central Nigerian state of Nassarawa have arrested six people on suspicion of operating a fraudulent dating site for same-sex couples. The suspects are said to have used the sit... Read more

Nigeria’s electoral commission says it has added more than 10 million new voters to its register. In the latest numbers released on Monday, most of the newly registered voters were young peo... Read more

A former deputy leader and spokesperson of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been appointed as a government minister. Mukhtar Robow has been chosen as the religious affairs minister in Som... Read more

Ugandan photographer Badru Katumba has captured some dramatic pictures of the aftermath of flooding in eastern Uganda. At least 20 people are known to have died as heavy rains caused rivers... Read more

Liberia’s opposition Unity Party has picked former Vice-President Joseph Boakai as its candidate in the presidential elections scheduled for next year. Mr Boakai, 77, was elected unopposed d... Read more

Kenya’s education minister has announced the abrupt closure of all schools starting on Tuesday, ahead of the country’s general elections next week. Schools were initially scheduled to go for... Read more

Some 82 people are expected to appear in a South African court today on suspicion of illegal mining, attempted murder, possession of explosives and contravening immigration laws. Police have... Read more

The military government in Mali has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of a “neo-colonial, paternalistic and condescending” attitude. The junta asked Mr Macron to stop his... Read more

A tribute ceremony for four UN peacekeepers killed during anti-UN protests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is ongoing at a base in the city of Goma. The UN Under-Secretary-General fo... Read more

A Kenyan minister has said that the shortage of 100 ($0.84; £0.69) and 200-shilling notes at the banks is down to politicians using the cash to bribe voters ahead of next month’s elect... Read more

The running mate of leading Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto has lost $1.7m (£1.4m) after a court ruled that the money held in four accounts at a local bank came from proceeds of c... Read more

Mozambique’s former Labour Minister Maria Helena Taipo has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for corruption charges, involving the diversion of more than $1.7m (£1.4m) from governme... Read more

A high court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a primary school owner and his friend to death by hanging for the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a five-year-old pupil.... Read more