The Malawi Human Rights Commission, an independent constitutional body, has criticised the police for putting a human rights activist in solitary confinement and in leg irons for “mere... Read more

Police say two Catholic nuns were among five people killed in an ambush by armed men in South Sudan along the Juba-Nimule road on Monday. Sr Regina Roba and Sr Mary Daniel Abud had been retu... Read more

Uganda will take in 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country. Refugees Minister Esther Anyakun told the BBC that President Yoweri Museveni agreed to take in the refugees at... Read more

Officials in Niger say 37 people have been killed in a suspected Islamist attack in the western Tillaberi region. Armed men sped into the village of Darey-Daye on motorbikes on Monday aftern... Read more

Ivory Coast has confirmed the discovery of avian influenza cases in the south-east of the country. The cases were detected in a traditional poultry farm in Mondoukou, a locality in the Grand... Read more

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the president-elect of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, on his victory in the country’s just concluded presidential election. President Buhar... Read more

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, has said US special forces will soon deploy to the east of the country to help fight Islamist militants. He said they wou... Read more

Gunmen have attacked an agricultural college in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara kidnapping a number of students and staff as well as killing several security guards. A staff memb... Read more

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni condemned what he referred to as indiscipline by the security forces who torture or beat ordinary Ugandans. Mr Museveni added that security forces who tortu... Read more

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said he will keep pushing for peace in Ethiopia. He said the country was reaching out to all sides to reach a compromise and end the conflict. The n... Read more

Zambia’s electoral commission has confirmed that last week’s presidential election was won by the opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema. Mr Hichilema defeated his main rival, t... Read more

Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari has gone into self-isolation on arrival from the UK. This comes after the country’s high commission in London was closed last week for 10 day... Read more

Zambia’s incumbent president has described Thursday’s elections as “not free and fair”. Early results show President Edgar Lungu trailing his main opponent, businessm... Read more

The announcement of the results at Zambia’s electoral commission has been temporarily halted, the BBC’s Nomsa Maseko has tweeted from the capital, Lusaka. Some party agents criticised the co... Read more