At least 32 people were killed and 66 injured Friday when two passenger trains collided in southern Egypt, the health ministry said, the latest deadly rail accident to hit the country.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta restricted travel in the capital Nairobi and four other counties.

Eritrea will pull its troops out of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said.

Six people have been killed in Mali in disputed circumstances, with French forces saying a strike targeted jihadists and local residents alleging those left dead were hunters.

As the Suez blockage continues, some of the world's largest container ships are shifting course towards the route around South Africa.

At least 516 rape cases reported by five medical facilities in Mekelle, Adigrat, Wukro, Shire and Axum, UN says.

Zambia announced plans on Thursday to vaccinate all people over 18, or 46% of the 18.3 million population, against Covid-19 as it prepares for a third wave of the pandemic.

African elephants living in forests and savannas are increasingly threatened with extinction, the Red List of species in trouble showed on Thursday, as conservationists called for an urgent end to poaching.

Doctors Without Borders says its staff witnessed troops drag men off public buses and execute them in embattled region.

Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan government critic who was hailed as a hero during a genocide in the country, has not showed up for his trial.

Witnesses have come forward in the first war-crimes trial held in Liberia, against former rebel Gibril Massaquoi, to testify about alleged rape and ritual murder.

Low tide overnight has slowed efforts to dislodge a 400m long, 224 000-ton container vessel that has choked traffic in both directions along the Suez Canal.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some opposition politicians received China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine in the tourist resort of Victoria Falls as part of efforts to encourage citizens to get inoculated.

Kenya on Wednesday ordered the closure of two sprawling camps that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Somalia and gave the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) two weeks to present a plan to do so, the interior ministry said.

The Ever Given, a massive container ship wedged in Egypt's Suez Canal, was hit by sand and wind. A deleted post also said a blackout occurred.

French president pledges support for Libya’s interim’s government after meeting with the head of the interim presidency.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that Eritrean soldiers killed over 100 civilians in a November massacre in war-torn Tigray that may amount to crimes against humanity.

Nestled on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare’s north-eastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connection between its interior design and the environs.

Sudan's transitional cabinet has backed an initiative by the United Arab Emirates to mediate in a border dispute with Ethiopia.

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed on Tuesday, extending his 36 years leading the Central African oil producer despite a prolonged economic crisis.