Officials in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say about 80 people are missing after a militia ambushed a convoy, killing at least three people and setting fire to 16 vehicles. The attack... Read more

Defence ministers of the G5 Sahel countries are meeting in Niger’s capital, Niamey, to come up with a new approach to the jihadist insurgency in the region. Burkina Faso, Mali, Maurita... Read more

A Tunisian court has issued an arrest warrant against former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui who is detained in neighbouring Algeria for entering the country illegally. The warrant issue... Read more

The High Court in Tanzania has ruled that a terrorism case against the country’s main opposition leader can go ahead as planned, dismissing objections by Freeman Mbowe’s Chadema... Read more

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and his properties are being guarded by 257 police officers, including four based at a chicken farm, the government has revealed. Interior Ministr... Read more

Three people have been beheaded in a village in Quissanga district in the jihadist-hit northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The macabre act is believed to be the work of insurgents... Read more

Zambia’s new president has told the BBC that he has inherited an “empty” treasury, while “horrifying” amounts of money had been stolen. “People are still... Read more

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two of his ministers in an unusual cabinet reshuffle. Those affected are the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mohammed Sabo Nanono... Read more

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has accused the judiciary of not trusting a medical report by military doctors. The former president has refused to undergo a medical examina... Read more

The Facebook account of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has been deactivated. Zambians on Twitter blame cyber bullying, saying that people had been making mean comments on his pa... Read more

The UN Security Council has renewed for a year sanctions imposed against targeted individuals and entities in Mali for obstructing the 2015 peace agreement. The sanctions include a year-long... Read more

The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party has appeared in the country’s High Court to face terrorism charges. Freeman Mbowe has been detained since his arrest in July, along... Read more

Researchers are monitoring a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa. The C.1.2, which has multiple mutations, has not yet been labelled as a variant of concern. Cases of the variant h... Read more

A dozen prisoners, among them the captain of the MV Wakashio ship that spilled oil in Mauritius in July last year, have been transferred after an attempted escape. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar had... Read more