Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 76, voted less than 15 minutes before polling stations officially closed, a journalist has tweeted: Polls officially closed at 13:00 GMT, but people... Read more

Police in Uganda have said that officers will be deployed to high-rise buildings in the centre of the capital, Kampala, as a security measure as voters go to the polls on Thursday. The run-u... Read more

Kenyans on Twitter have lashed out at the tourism ministry for appointing British model Naomi Campbell, instead of a Kenyan, as the ambassador for Kenyan tourism board. Tourism Minister Naji... Read more

Nigeria’s Punch news website is reporting a shortage in oxygen in hospitals that are also reaching their capacity as coronavirus cases rise. Major hospitals in Abuja are facing a ... Read more

The Ethiopian government has promised to repair a centuries-old mosque that was damaged last month during the conflict in the northern Tigray region. The al-Nejashi Mosque was reportedly she... Read more

Zimbabwe entered into a second lockdown on Tuesday to limit the spread of coronavirus following a surge in new cases. The restrictions under level 4 lockdown will be in place for the next 30... Read more

Secondary school students in Malawi are finally sitting exams which were cancelled in November after exam papers were leaked. Students were initially scheduled to sit the Malawi School Certi... Read more

France has opened investigations into former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Roger Lumbala. He is accused of “complicity in crimes against humanity” for his actions dur... Read more

Al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), claims it was behind a roadside blast on Saturday that killed two French soldiers in the eastern Menaka region. T... Read more

Seychelles has recorded its first death from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. The patient was a 57-year-old Seychellois man who was hospitalised on New Year’s e... Read more

United Nations human rights experts have called on Uganda to drop charges against activists and opposition supporters arrested ahead of next month’s presidential election. They said th... Read more

Rwanda has deployed what it called a “protection force” to the Central African Republic after its peacekeepers there were attacked by rebels advancing to the capital, Bangui. The... Read more

The United Nations has announced a $35m (£26m) emergency aid package for civilians caught up in the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Government forces have been battling Tigray fighters... Read more