More than 80 people have been killed by flooding in Sudan since the beginning of the rainy season in July, authorities say. The spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence on Mo... Read more

The Moroccan security forces say they’ve broken up a cell of militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. Three arrests were made in the southern city of Errachidia. The suspects... Read more

A Rwandan businessman has been shot dead in Matola municipality, a few kilometres outside the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Revocant Karemangingo was shot about 50m (164ft) from his residence... Read more

The TB Joshua church in Nigeria has announced a new era in its leadership as the late preacher’s widow takes over. Evelyn Joshua said her late husband will remain as the general overse... Read more

Guinea’s military junta is due to start holding four days of talks later on Tuesday in what it says is an effort to build a consensus on the future of the country. The west African reg... Read more

South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has begun legal proceedings to try and get a court to set aside the decision to release former President Jacob Zuma o... Read more

A magistrate in Zimbabwe has said that the body of former President Robert Mugabe can be exhumed after a traditional leader said that his burial had violated cultural practices. Mugabe, who... Read more

Malawi’s High Court has found prominent businessman Thomson Mpinganjira guilty of attempting to bribe judges in an effort to get them to rule in favour of then-President Peter Mutharik... Read more

Guinea’s military junta has ordered banks to freeze all government-related accounts so as to “secure state assets”. The junta, which took over control last weekend, says th... Read more

Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, slumping from first to eighth place. The liberal National Rally of Ind... Read more

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” has picked a new spy chief days after the prime minister appointed a different person for the job. The move further deepens... Read more

Detained Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for violating his fundamental human rights. In a suit filed at the High Court of Abia state, in south-east... Read more

Coup leaders in Guinea have released about 80 political prisoners who had been detained under the ousted President Alpha Condé. As the prisoners walked free, they were welcomed by crowds of... Read more

Five officials of South Africa’s home affairs department have been suspended for their role in issuing residence papers to a Malawian fugitive pastor. Pastor Shepherd Bushiri had acqui... Read more