SADC troop withdrawal preparations begin, with peace talks underway in Qatar....
Ukrainian helicopter crew hailed after coming under fire during an evacuation of a military base in South Sudan....
Ebrahim Rasool, who was accused of "race-baiting" by the US, speaks to the BBC in one of his first interviews since his expulsion....
It comes ahead of planned protests by a group of war veterans who want Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi is provisionally suspended for 90 days amid an investigation into match manipulation in the East African country....
The Sudan's army shelled parts of Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman from early yesterday morning....
The Sudanese army said it has wrested back full control of the capital Khartoum, capping a weeklong offensive that saw it recapture the presidential palace, the airport, and other key sites in a decis...
Several vehicles have been torched at the Harare business premises of close allies of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa as tensions rise in the country ahead of planned protests on Monday....
Last month, a tourist boat capsized while en route to Hurghada after undergoing maintenance....
The US is reported to be planning to cut funding to Gavi, which pays for childhood vaccines....
Minister Lamola says the Inga dam project is helping SA to deal with its water challenges....
But Ghanaian investigative journalist tells the BBC that the message his victory sends is more important....
Boualem Sansal, 80, told a far-right news outlet that colonial France gave too much land to Algeria....
Suspected insurgents attacked an army base in Nigeria's Borno State, killing at least 16 people....
As Angola steps back from its role as mediator in the DRC's conflict, peace efforts face new uncertainties. Challenges such as unclear roles, funding issues, and external influences continue to hinder...
South Africa could face a sanction, including a points deduction, after fielding an ineligible player against Lesotho in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup....
Riek Machar and his wife are detained after a convoy of 20 armed vehicles entered his home, his party says....
Fighting in a mineral-rich region of central Africa proves a quandary for Chinese business interests....
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani is promoted to the highest rank in the army, and dissolves all political parties....
The army chief toured the presidential palace and airport, marking a major military gain....
Ethiopia's prime minister asks Tigrayans to email him with suggestions for a new leader....
The latest update includes "loan words" from several countries, including South Africa and Ireland....
This is the army's latest army gain since it retook the presidential palace last week....
Heavily armed police with water canons are patrolling the streets of Harare ahead of a planned protest on 31 March....
Rwanda denies supporting M23, saying its forces are acting in self defence against Congo's army....
The incident comes barely a month after another Kenyan police officer was killed in a confrontation with gang members....
Zimbabwe's most wanted political fugitive has caused a stir after urging citizens to rise up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the end of March. The ruling ZANU-PF party has vowed that no protes...
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reassigned the head of the country's army to the sports ministry, the presidency said, without elaborating on the reasons for the move....
The Duke of Sussex says he and the prince of Lesotho left Sentebale amid a row between the trustees and the chair of its board....
Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the "Islamic State" militant group on a mosque in Niger. The assault came midway through the holy fasting month of Ramadan....
Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump's aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the...
Rwanda on Tuesday described as "unfortunate" claims by Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye that it was planning to attack his country....
The UN issues a stark warning following fighting between the army and the White army militia....
M23's swift advance since January has seized eastern Congo's two largest cities...
Videos posted on social media show the smoking ruins of market stalls and charred bodies....
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo met the main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane for talks in an effort to ease tensions following months of violent clashes between protesters and security forces....
The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded as the US warned it was "deeply concerned" by escalating violence between the rival factions....
At least 943 people fell sick and 52 died in Equateur province....
The two countries are on opposite sides in the war in their giant neighbour, DR Congo....
Bitcoin miners will go to remote locations to take advantage of cheap electricity....
The two blocs want to implement immediate, medium- and long-term measures to achieve peace....
Decorated test pilot James O'Connell was in a "good frame of mind" prior to the crash, the BBC is told....
A Sudanese general said Chad's airports were legitimate targets because they were used to supply weapons....
Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara says Islam helps him "stay on the right path", as he discusses football, faith and fasting....
Rwanda has also welcomed the M23 rebel group's announcement that it will reposition its forces....
A mother explains why she - and 77% of the country’s women - have used dangerous creams....
No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist militant group al-Shabab....
Attackers from the group launched an assault around dawn on a camp housing police....
Uganda's army chief claimed on Sunday that his troops or the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group would enter the key Congolese city of Kisangani in the coming days....
Ebrahim Rasool arrives home to a jubilant crowd after being declared unwelcome in the United States....
The Sudanese army seized full control of the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday......
Some locals find they cannot compete with those holidaying from the diaspora who are nicknamed I Just Got Back....
BBC Verify examimes social media footage of the fight for control of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum...
The government said it hoped the move would be translated into concrete action...
The junta promised the constitutional referendum would be a stepping stone to democratic rule....
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised the need to address corruption as it hinders development...
Sudan's army has retaken the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but what's next after two years of war?...
Thousands are without lifesaving aid in the eastern DRC due to critical funding gaps....
Namibians have expressed confidence in their new woman president, Netumbu Nandi-Ndaitwa....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah tells BBC she understands pressure she faces as Africa's second directly elected female leader...
Namibia has sworn in its first woman president after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power....
Mlambo-Ngcuka hopes the election of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will encourage other countries to follow....
Namibia's first female President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah takes oath of office in Windhoek today....
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri....
With peace in DRC elusive people in M23-held areas dig in against the economic fallout....
The smell of death lingers over the main cemetery for Sudan's capital as the army advances in the city centre....
Abiy Ahmed's comments come amid concerns that the neighbours could clash over tensions in Tigray....
The incident happened in an area where around 100 students were similarly seized last July....
Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role....
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will be sworn in as Namibia's president tomorrow....
The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has increased. A new report offers strategies to counter Russian influence....
Walikale is the farthest west M23 has reached during its unprecedented advance this year....
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed on with their offensive in eastern Congo a day after the Congolese and Rwandan presidents called for an immediate ceasefire, entering the outskirts of the town Walikal...
Namibia is poised to make history with the inauguration of its first female president...
Nigerian lawmakers are probing the activities of more than a dozen non-profit organisations and demanded they submit tax and financial statements dating back a decade within a week, a letter seen by R...
This follows President Donald Trump's February executive order offering Afrikaners refugee status....
The worlds biggest mining dredger has swallowed up acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown....
Bola Tinubu's move, which some have questioned, follows a political crisis and an oil pipeline blast....
Kennedy Agyapong alleged Anas Aremeyaw Anas was behind the murder of a colleague, among other claims....
The presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo have expressed their support for a ceasefire after holding surprise talks in Qatar, hours after peace talks in Angola failed....
The meeting comes amid an M23 advance that has seen the rebels seize two cities in eastern DR Congo....
The former President says he had meetings with various stakeholders and they want to work for peace...
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan says the system is trying "silence" her after she made sexual harassment allegations....
Witnesses reveal shocking details into the disappearance of a young South African girl....
Tshisekedi and Kagame have been locked in a war of words over an offensive by M23 rebels...
Kabila says that lasting stability can only be achieved through inclusive dialogue...
No-go fishing zones agreed to stop vessels catching sardines and anchovies around breeding grounds....
The warning comes as Africa begins to feel the impact of a massive review into US aid by Trump....
Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was travelling through the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the Islamist group said....
Rwanda has accused Belgium of repeatedly undermining Rwanda over the M23 offensive in the DRC....
M23 was supposed to be part of inclusive dialogue to restore peace in Eastern DRC....
Pretoria's envoy to Washington Ebrahim Rasool riled officials after accusing Trump of white supremacism....
Residents in Ethiopia's north tell the BBC they are stocking up and taking cash out as tensions deepen....
A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station....
Nigeria's anti-graft agency on Monday announced the arrest of a popular TikToker who failed to appear in court after getting bail for allegedly abusing the national currency by throwing up notes at a...
He is also planning to start a new political party after he cut ties with PODEMOS....
Rwanda accuses Belgium of fueling ethnic extremism, genocide denial, and destabilising the region....
The European Union on Monday sanctioned nine people, including the leader of Congo's M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army officers, in connection with violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a pu...