The Senegalese army says two of its soldiers have been killed and nine are missing after clashes in The Gambia, a country almost totally surrounded by Senegal. The troops were part of the We... Read more

The US State Department has approved the sale of 12 military transport planes to Egypt, in a deal worth more than $2bn (£1.4bn). Air defence radar systems and other related equipment are als... Read more

Travellers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be allowed to enter Kenya after the East African country lifted a ban on all incoming flights. The director general of the Kenya Civil Avi... Read more

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers. Some troops in the West African nation have demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more r... Read more

Police in Mozambique say the head of a bald man has been removed by criminals who wanted to sell it to a client from Mali. When their customer disappeared, they left it in the central town o... Read more

Uganda is undergoing a fuel crisis following a build-up of fuel transporters at the major border points of Malaba and Busia in the east of the country. Queues of waiting trucks, as long as 7... Read more

Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter – seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria’s government suspended Twitter last June after the company de... Read more

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has decided to impose additional economic and financial sanctions in Mali, in conformity with its deliberations at the Sixtieth Ordinary... Read more

Police in northern Niger have seized more than 200 kg of cocaine worth around US$8.7 million that was being transported in the local mayor’s official truck, two police sources said on Monday... Read more

A man detained for torching South Africa’s parliament was caught with explosives, as well as stolen laptops and crockery, prosecutors have alleged. Zandile Christmas Mafe, 49, appeared... Read more

A new $1.3 billion commuter railway in Senegal meant to ease traffic gridlock and modernize a crumbling public transport system made its inaugural journey from the capital Dakar on Monday. T... Read more

A fire that devastated South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town has been contained after it reignited on Monday, city officials say. The fire first broke out on Sunday and completely des... Read more

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests rocked the capital Khartoum. Thousands marched against a recent deal he had done to share power wi... Read more