French engergy company Total confirmed on Monday that it has withdrawn all personnel from its northern Mozambique liquefied natural gas project's Afungi site.

Chad's new ruling junta said Sunday it would not negotiate with rebels in the north of the poor Sahel country and asked for help from neighbouring Niger to capture their leader.

Three United Nations peacekeepers were on Sunday seriously injured in a rocket attack on a military base in the north of the conflict-ridden Sahel state, UN and local officials said.

Algeria's defence ministry said it had broken up a cell of separatist militants accused of "planning attacks" against pro-democracy rallies in the North African nation.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has received a coronavirus vaccination under a nationwide vaccination drive, his office has said.

Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesman has said.

Supporters of Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term have clashed on the streets of the capital, residents said.

A fire in a neonatal ward in the northern Senegalese town of Linguere has killed four babies, according to local and government officials in the West African state.

At least 11 civilians were killed when IS-aligned jihadists invaded a town in northeast Nigerian Yobe state, an official and residents told AFP on Saturday.

Prior to the freeze order, Isabel dos Santos was worth about $2.4 billion, making her the wealthiest woman in Africa, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Armed men on Saturday killed three police officials and tried to set fire to the governor's residence in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state, a region where separatist tension is on the rise.

A Zimbabwean military helicopter crashed into a house outside the capital Harare, killing a child and all three crew members, the air force said.

Winter is coming … but those wanting to have fun in the snow will have to travel to Lesotho to see any.

Zimbabwe authorities have put in place a Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy, which seeks to achieve an ambitious US$5 billion tourism economy by year 2025.

The African Union has urged the restoration of civilian rule in Chad after veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno's son, a general, took charge following his father's death fighting rebels.

An Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter has crashed, killing three crew members and a child on the ground as it came down on a house, the Air Force said in a statement.

Gunmen have shot dead three students they abducted from a northern Nigerian university, a state security official said.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday vowed support for Chad's "stability" at the funeral of veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno, but also urged his military successors to steer a smooth return to civilian rule.

Thousands of people gathered at the main square in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Friday to pay their respects to the late President Idriss Deby, who was killed while leading his troops against a rebel offensive on Monday.

The latest bout of ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Amhara region has left scores dead and displaced hundreds of thousands, a federal official told AFP Friday.