Mali’s interim parliament vice-president has been freed, weeks after he was arrested for public order offences. Issa Kaou N’Djim was arrested in October and a ruling on his case... Read more

Police in Nigeria say they’re investigating a rare incident that led to two cousins allegedly amputating each other’s hand. It happened in the village of Alkali in the north-eastern state of... Read more

For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali – one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known locally as a motos. Recently, he switc... Read more

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has imposed sanctions against Mali’s transitional leaders and their families. The sanctions range from travel bans to a freeze of their financial... Read more

Sudan’s military commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has supported General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s move to take over power. Hemeti, who was the deputy leader in th... Read more

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has said that gay practices cannot be condoned because the country is a Christian nation. President Hichilema said the country can only “rea... Read more

Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia’s prime minister for violating its policies against inciting violence. On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens take up arms to block the adva... Read more

Two sons of former Liberian presidents and an immigration officer have become the latest victims of a wave of killings sweeping across Liberia. Police spokesman Moses Carter confirmed to the... Read more

South Africa’s scheduled power outages have affected the pace of vote counting following the local elections that took place on Monday, local media are reporting. The electoral body had hope... Read more

Back at the conference, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos follows Joe Biden onto the stage and pledges $2bn (£1.47bn) through his Bezos Earth Fund for land restoration in Africa. The American billio... Read more

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the wreckage a 22-storey high-rise block that collapsed under construction in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos. At least five people have died and... Read more

Algeria has stopped gas exports through a pipeline that crosses neighbouring Morocco because of a dispute between the two countries, the presidency has said. “Due to Morocco’s hostile... Read more

South Africa will deploy 10,000 soldiers to assist in security operations during the forthcoming municipal elections due to start next week. The South African parliament on Wednesday noted t... Read more