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Nigerian officials are angry at the alleged killing of one of its nationals in South Africa by police officers and have now summoned South Africa's envoy over the matter.

A leading Egyptian rights group says authorities have blocked its website in a "new attack" on free speech.

Teachers in Ghana will from September be required to be certified despite sitting for exams at their various training institutions. The teachers will need to be licensed before teaching in schools.

Officials in Lesotho have confirmed that the country’s army commander has been shot dead on Tuesday by rival officers at a military barracks.

An Obama-era scheme to protect young undocumented immigrants is to be scrapped, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced.

A Tanzanian court has sentenced six men to 20 years in jail each for chopping off the hand of an albino boy in the hope of selling it as a witchcraft charm.

Kenya's opposition leader and leader of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday said he was not ready to participate in the re-run of presidential election slated for October 17, the date set by the country's electoral commission.

The rights group, Amnesty International on Tuesday said that at least 381 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon have been killed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram since April this year.

The government of Uganda has initiated moves to have plastic bag manufacturers in Kenya relocate to the country's capital, Kampala after Kenya begun enforcing a ban on the product.

Police in Rwanda have arrested a critic of President Paul Kagame charging her for forgery and tax evasion, although she has denied the allegations.