Former Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji has been arrested for alleged money-laundering activities. The authorities said Mr Malanji was arrested for owning a hotel suspe... Read more

Nigerian politician Atiku Abubakar has formally declared his intention to contest next February’s presidential election. The former vice-president is the first person to make a formal declar... Read more

The Ugandan army has retrieved the bodies of two soldiers and three government geologists who were killed in the north-eastern region of Karamoja. The geologists were on a mission to collect... Read more

A gunfight at the entrance to the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least eight people dead. Aden Adde International Airport hosts peacekeepers... Read more

A fire underneath one of the main bridges in Lagos has brought chaos to the Nigerian commercial hub. All traffic has been re-routed from the Eko Bridge which links Lagos Island to the mainla... Read more

Drivers who contract with Uber, Bolt and other ride-hailing services in South Africa embarked on a strike to protest against record-high fuel prices and put pressure on the government to pas... Read more

Burundi has banned rickshaws, motorcycle taxis and all other forms of two- and three-wheel public transport from the commercial capital, Bujumbura. Private bicycles and motorbikes are also b... Read more

At least 16 people are feared dead after raids by gangs of armed men on motorbikes on a remote villages in the north-western state of Zamfara, police in Nigeria said. Residents in the area s... Read more

The Tunisian president has said everyone will have a chance to comment on his proposals for political reform. Kais Saied – who suspended parliament and seized executive power last year... Read more

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ended a two-day visit to Mali without any agreement on a date for elections to return the country to civilian rule. The military government in... Read more

Tributes have poured in for Uganda’s parliament speaker Jacob Oulanyah who died on Sunday while undergoing treatment in the US. The news of his demise was announced on Twitter by President Y... Read more

A black and white image which some people falsely claim shows Russian president Vladimir Putin training liberation movements in southern Africa, has been circulating. It has been used by som... Read more

The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could lead to what he called “a hurricane of hunger” and food insecurit... Read more

Kenyans will from Tuesday pay more for fuel as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to affect the price of crude oil and refined products. The East African country’s petroleum regulator... Read more