Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a ban on Twitter in the country be lifted, but only if the tech giant meets certain conditions. President Buhari said Nigerians could c... Read more

Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president. The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those wh... Read more

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has denied holding talks on gay rights during his trip to the United Nations general assembly in New York. Same-sex relationships are outlawed in Zambia,... Read more

A high-ranking former Malawian MP, Clement Chiwaya, has shot himself dead in an office in parliament. Mr Chiwaya, who was a wheelchair user after he contracted polio at the age of two, serve... Read more

The High Court in Rwanda has sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison after finding her guilty of criticising the way the 1994 genocide is commemorated, calling for a protest and spreading a... Read more

Dom Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Mozambique’s first black priest and later its first cardinal, has died at the age of 103. He was one of the most highly respected religious figures... Read more

The Nigerian government has approved a two-week paternity leave for civil servants. This signifies a major shift in the country’s civil service rules and comes after years of debate around t... Read more

Pope Francis has urged Nigeria to guarantee the safety of all citizens in the country in the wake of deadly attacks in the north. The Pope prayed for those who had been killed and injured as... Read more

Algeria and Morocco have reacted with anger to France’s decision to slash the number of visas for their citizens. France announced on Tuesday it would halve the number of visas availab... Read more

President Kais Saied of Tunisia has named a geologist as the new prime minister, more than two months after he sacked the previous one and gathered almost all power in his own hands. Mr Saie... Read more

South African Airways and Kenya Airways have signed a co-operation agreement with the long-term ambition of creating a pan-African airline. SAA and KQ, both of which have been plagued by fin... Read more

A number of civilians have been killed by a Nigerian air strike targeting suspected jihadists near Lake Chad, which straddles north-east Nigeria and three neighbouring countries. The inciden... Read more

Four Tunisian political parties have demanded that President Kais Saied reverse his recent decision to expand his powers and rule by decree. One of the four left-leaning factions warned that... Read more

Following Sunday’s German elections, Green party politician Awet Tesfaiesus will become the first African-born black female MP in the country’s parliament, known as the Bundestag... Read more