Clashes broke out late on Monday after the killing of a major militia leader....
They will be taken to Dukwi Refugee Camp, northeast of Gaborone....
All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power....
South Africans are resilient and don't run away from their problems, President Ramaphosa says....
Tanzanian authorities arrest senior opposition official departing for a political conference....
William Ruto has the uncanny ability to attract numerous alternative handles, most are unflattering....
An ex-MP was ordered to pay $18m, but a judge rules that the amount was "disproportionate"....
The junta, led by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, took power in a coup in September 2021....
The foreign minister says raising concerns publicly amounts to interference in domestic affairs....
The leader, Abdulghani Kikli, known as Ghaniwa, is the commander of the Support Force Apparatus...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest attack....
Tributes are paid to Cricket Malawi operations manager Arjun Menon, who died aged 48 in Blantyre on Saturday....
Donald Trump says they are victims of "racial discrimination", which is strongly denied by South Africa....
More jihadist attacks were reported over the weekend, said to have led to dozens of casualties....
Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 37, is portraying himself as a champion of pan-Africanism....
Presidency confirms that the visit aims to deepen cooperation between South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire...
A fierce advocate of African art, she was due to become the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale....
This emerged in Parliament in a briefing on the removal of the SA soldiers from the DRC....
Lesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
The head of Liberia's doctors' association has not provided proof of his medical degree, the regulatory body says....
He was arrested in 2004 after being part of a failed coup to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's ruler....
The Doctor will be transported to Lagos in the first ever episode set primarily in an African country....
Reports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week....
The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments....
Wine criticised Western governments for not denouncing escalating human rights violations....
US President Donald Trump's administration is finalising a broader review of its foreign aid....
Among the dead was a young boy whose body was recovered from the debris...
African Parks acknowledged its rangers committed human rights abuses in Congo-Brazzaville....
Human remains, believed to be that of a journalist and his partner, have been found by police....
The company was forced to declare force majeure after its bauxite exports were suspended in October...
The Benin Cycling Federation hopes to discover new talent and raise the profile of the sport on a continent largely dominated by football....
Critical medicines affected by the $50m cuts include Malaria, HIV and TB drugs, the US embassy says....
UAE says it doesn’t recognise a decision by Sudan's army council to sever ties....
Why ex-bank boss Tidjane Thiam has been barred from seeking the Ivorian presidency - and the potential fallout....
Port Sudan has been hit by days of assaults - including reported drone strikes...
Jessica Annor called on banks to remove barriers that hinder women from accessing business funding....
The UK Home Office was unable to process Julius Malema's application in time for his trip, the High Commission says....
Migrants may be flown to the troubled North African nation as part of the US' immigration crackdown....
It is unclear what kind of due process might be underway ahead of any Libya deportations....
After securing Olympic relay and World Indoor medals, South African sprint star Akani Simbine says he has "never given up on trying to be the best"....
The four suspects – two Belgians, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan – were arrested last month with 5,000 ants....
Explosions were heard in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan early on Wednesday....
A new people-smuggling route opens up crossing a lake into Kenya, but it is proving deadly for some Eritreans....
The army has repeatedly accused the Gulf nation of backing the RSF, something which the UAE denies....
Nice and Burundi defender Youssouf Ndayishimiye says he always hoped football would prove to be his route out of "unimaginable poverty"....
The Catholic Church in Kenya says he is unwell in response to reports that he had not been invited....
People from Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK, under new plans....
Ugandan government says opposition activist held captive appears to have been tortured....
Drones hit the civilian section of Port Sudan's airport, a fuel depot and a major hotel....
AU Commissioner says Africa should utilise agriculture to alleviate hunger....
Four Kenyan police officers pleaded not guilty on Monday to the killing of a six-month-old girl during bloody riots that erupted over a presidential election in 2017....
Opposition supporters say the constitution has been flouted. The president says allegations must be investigated....
On Sunday at the rally in Migori county in western Kenya,Ruto blocked the flying shoe with his arm....
Eddie Mutwe is in severe pain after being beaten and electrocuted in custody, his lawyer says....
The six-month-old died in 2017 after being hit by police deployed to quell election violence....
The UAE opted out of part of the Genocide Convention meaning it cannot face genocide allegations itself....
The Vatican announced on 28 April that the conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on 7 May....
Global rights movement Amnesty International says it is worried about the reported increase in the number of arrests, harassment and detention of human rights activists, opposition party members and j...
Rwanda's foreign minister says his country is in the "spirit" of giving migrants "another chance"....
The footwear hit the president on his outstretched arm as spoke at a public rally....
The military said an air base and warehouse were hit by drones. While no casualties were reported, the attack marks the first time RSF paramilitaries have struck the government's temporary seat of pow...
The conflict in Sudan that erupted two years ago has unleashed waves of ethnic violence....
Nguema first rose to power in August 2023 when he led a coup....
"He is a God [who approves] of polygamy," rang out as a congregation celebrated 55 marriages over Easter....
Faure Gnassingbé's new role has no official term limits and his critics say it is a "coup d'état"....
MSF said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan....
MSF said a bomb was dropped on the pharmacy, burning it to the ground and damaging the hospital...
Amnesty and media groups urge Zimbabwe to stop arresting and intimidating journalists....
Ali Laarayedh is the latest high-profile critic of the president to be jailed as campaigners slam "sham trials"....
The controversial documentary, the "Blood Parliament" has sparked political backlash....
A unit of SpaceX, the satellite internet provider is rapidly expanding its services....
Lydia Mugambe kept a young woman as an unpaid nanny and maid at her home in Oxfordshire....
The outbreak of the bacterial disease has been reported in four provinces....
Uganda's military chief, the son of President Yoweri Museveni, says he is holding an opposition activist in his basement and has threatened violence against him, after the man's party said he was abdu...
The social media giant has challenged demands to pay $290m over regulatory violations....
Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October's poll....
Joshlin Smith's disappearance last year sent shockwaves across South Africa. She is yet to be found....
The bodyguard of opposition leader Bobi Wine went missing five days ago, leading to fears for his safety....
Governors in northeastern Nigeria have called for measures to tackle the roots of a 16-year-long Islamic militant insurgency. A recent uptick in violence has sparked calls for action....
DRC farmers are facing new challenges as they return to tend fields now under rebel control....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
The withdrawal is informed by the directive from the SADC heads of state summit in March....
Attorney General Dorcas Oduor said Kenya would review the recommendations made during the session....
The attack on a Catholic priest comes amid rising political tensions ahead of October's elections....
Mali's military government has kicked out French and other Western forces and turned towards Russia...
He is accused of backing M23 rebels in the east but he has previously denied links to the group....
The MP was pronounced dead at a hospital where he had been rushed for medical care....
The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say....
One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter....
A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead on Wednesday night in the capital Nairobi by gunmen on motorcycles....
Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court....
Visit Rwanda signs a sponsorship deal with Atletico Madrid as Arsenal fans continue to call for their club to end its agreement with the tourism board....
US President Donald Trump's senior Africa adviser met with Congolese and Rwandan representatives in Doha on Wednesday, the envoy said, after the two sides agreed to negotiate an end to the conflict in...
Gen Assimi Goïta, who has seized power twice, had previously promised to hold elections....
The three officers had been missing for six days before divers recovered their bodies....
Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted....
The top job at the African Development Bank is up for grabs, with the election slated for 29 May. Five candidates vying to lead the bank have been sharing their visions for the next five years....
MTN Nigeria, the mobile operator's biggest market, returned to profit in its first quarter to end March, benefiting from relatively stable naira as well as the first upward adjustment to mobile tariff...
SADC terminated the deployment of its troops to the DRC last month....