The play critical of the government was initially disqualified from the competition under unclear circumstances....
Sudan's government alleges that the UAE is arming its civil war opponents, which it denies....
This is the first payment under a deal aimed at helping Zimbabwe mend its relations with the West....
Three American citizens jailed over a failed coup attempt in the DRC handed over to US custody....
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema swaps his uniform for a suit in a bid for electoral success....
The US State Department said it did not have information about the reported deaths....
The jihadist group has recently staged several deadly attacks and even seized control of some districts....
Zimbabwe issued treasury bonds worth R6.1 billion and made small cash payments to white farmers who were dispossessed of their property 25 years ago under a state-backed land reform program....
Ali Bongo's critics accused him of rigging the 2016 vote....
Details of the repatriation are not known but it comes amid talks about a mineral deal between the two countries....
US President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs on African exports are triggering economic fallout across the continent....
Janneh says conflicts on the continent result from poor governance....
He says this is an opportunity for African countries to trade among themselves....
Anthrax is a serious disease usually caused by bacteria found naturally in soil....
Nicolas Jackson, nicknamed Neymar by his young contemporaries back in Senegal, is looking to fire Chelsea to European glory this season....
Nguema is tipped to win, given his advantages as incumbent and his popularity....
Amuscap is the latest Nigerian to be imprisoned for six months for abusing the currency....
According to the APRM, 80 million children are affected by the conflicts on the continent...
The government says the man it refused entry to was Congolese, not South Sudanese as the US had said....
Professor David Monyae has cautioned that this might also signal the end of the AGOA process....
Kebbi police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar said the attack occurred on Saturday evening....
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday that countries sanctioning Kigali could "go to hell", weeks after some nations imposed the measures over Rwanda's involvement in the eastern DR Congo confl...
The emir of Kano is one of Nigeria's most respected traditional leaders but there is a tussle for the throne....
The blind musician, who helped bring Malian music to the world in the 2000s, died last week aged 70....
Mali challenges last week's statement from Algeria that the aircraft had violated its airspace....
Kinshasa is prone to soil erosion and the president warned the climate crisis is making flooding worse....
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels engaged in peace talks in Qatar after days of unrest. M23 has withdrawn from the town of Walikale and talks will continue next week....
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he'll suspend tariffs on imports of US goods, seeking to turn Donald Trump's levies on much of the world into an opportunity to reset strained relations....
The flooding comes at a vulnerable moment for the Central African nation....
The Kingdom of Lesotho says it will be exploring all viable options locally and abroad....
The Africa Children's Summit in Joburg is preparing to ensure children's perspectives are heard....
President Mnangawa says he wants improved relations, days after Donald Trump imposed an 18% tariff on Zimbabwe....
Ties between Paris and Algiers have been complicated for decades....
Global artists pay tribute to iconic Malian musician, Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam....
US has imposed a 10% tariff on Ugandan exports, deepening economic woes after AGOA suspension....
Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement...
Wigs and beauty contests are big business in the West African nation but the industry is facing change....
The talks, which will continue next week in Doha, offer the greatest hope of a halt to hostilities....
Migrants have frequently clashed with local residents, who want them deported from their area....
M23 rebels in eastern DRC have withdrawn from the strategic town of Walikale....
Some African countries got privileged access to US markets, but the future of that deal is uncertain....
Teams from across the continent, created to boost the health of older women, face off in a tournament....
The lack of progress in the case of an alleged rape of a seven-year-old has sparked angry protests....
There are "horrific videos" of "armed men executing civilians in cold blood", the UN's Volker Türk says....
Lesotho has a large trade surplus with the United States....
The hunters were on their way home when they were stopped by vigilantes in an attack that shocked Nigeria....
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the US on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could...
The groups, including the UN refugee agency, are accused of trying to change Libya's "demographic composition"....
DR Congo hopes that US involvement in its minerals sector would help deter Rwandan-backed rebels....
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in...
The Finance Ministry projects the economy will grow 5.3% in 2025 and 2026....
Zambia withdraw four US-based players for an upcoming tournament in China because of "travel measures" introduced by Donald Trump's administration....
The pro-business DA rejects the budget leaving the ANC to rely on other parties to get it passed in parliament....
Protesters in Zambia call for a change in the law after heinous child rape reports....
The African Development Bank president tells the BBC how poverty shaped his world views....
Only Chinese goods are facing higher US tariffs than exports from Lesotho, which will be charged at 50%....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
Riek Machar is accused of being behind clashes between government forces and the White Army...
President Salva Kiir placed his longtime rival Machar under house arrest last week....
US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% reciprocal tariff on the tiny southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, the highest levy for any sovereign nation - and the country Trump recently said "nob...
Lesotho said Thursday it will send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation....