Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after collapsing while attending a public event.
He was presiding over the national defence...
Ghana's minority lawmakers and anti-corruption campaigners are demanding a probe into the award of a contract for the supply of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines.
It...
The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly killed himself.
The announcement was made by rival Islamist militants in an audio...
Schools in Uganda have been shut down with public gatherings also suspended to contain a surge of infections in a second Covid-19 wave.
Public transport between...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from the regional body over latest coup by the military.
ECOWAS leaders have also...
Police in Ghana's capital Accra have arrested a caregiver for allegedly killing an 11-month old baby.
The caregiver, Clara Ayani-Ampah, 54, was arrested after a...
Thousands of people have been evacuated in the Democratic Republic of Congo over fears of another eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano.
The governor of North...
Coup leaders in Mali have released the country's interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane.
According to reports they were freed at around...
Ecowas leaders have gathered in Ghana's capital, Accra for the 59th ordinary session of the authority of heads of state and government.
Ghana's president, Nana...
Human Rights Watch has said Ghana’s attorney general must drop charges against 21 human rights activists facing trial for attending a paralegal training session.
The...
