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...
Former Ghanaian President John Mahama has withdrawn his acceptance as a special African Union (AU) envoy to mediate talks over the political crisis in...
Two broadcast journalists with Ghana’s Accra based Citi FM and Citi TV were arrested on Tuesday evening by some security officials.
The two journalists were...
Two transgender Cameroonians have been sentenced to five years in prison. They have also been fined 200,000 francs ($370; £261) each.
Njeukam Loic Midrel, an...
More than 100 former peacekeepers from Ethiopia have sought international protection to apply for asylum in Sudan.
The Ethiopian peacekeepers originally from the conflict hit Tigray region...
