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...
Gunmen have killed at least four police officers after an attack on police stations in Nigeria's south-east in Enugu State.
In neighboring Ebonyi state,...
The family of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has rejected an order from a traditional court for the exhumation of his remains.
A traditional chief...
Mali's coup leaders have announced that they have seized power once more, after relieving interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of...
