More than five million people have contracted the Covid-19 virus in Africa since it emerged in China in late 2019, data compiled by AFP from official sources showed.

News24 has appointed seasoned journalist Lynsey Chutel to head up its Africa desk.

Armed cattle thieves have killed 53 people in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, police and local residents said, the latest violence to hit the restive region.

A new Central African Republic prime minister was named by presidential decree Friday, the day after the government resigned as the impoverished country struggles with a rebellion and a bustup with its traditional ally France.

Germany's deal with Namibia over the Nama and Herero genocide is facing increasing backlash, particularly from the descendants of the victims.

Almost 10 000 Mozambicans have been forcibly removed from Tanzania so far this year after fleeing a deadly Islamist insurgency in their homeland, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

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One student has been killed and at least 10 people were kidnapped when gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria, officials told Reuters on Friday.

Egypt is banking on a $500-million Gaza reconstruction project to shore up its influence in the Middle East, capitalising on clout it garnered by brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Mozambique's government should combine its military response to a spiralling insurgency in its gas-rich north with aid to disenchanted communities and dialogue with militants, the International Crisis Group said on Friday.

At least 10 "terrorists" were killed and three soldiers injured on Thursday in an ambush on a patrol in northern Burkina Faso, security forces have said.

Africa is heading into a third wave of coronavirus infections as the least-inoculated continent faces a shortage of vaccines.

Nearly 90% of African countries will miss a target of vaccinating a tenth of their population by September unless they urgently receive more than 200 million jabs, the WHO warned Thursday.

The prime minister of the troubled Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada, announced that his government had tendered its resignation.

Algeria holds a parliamentary election under the shadow of a protest movement boycott and deep scepticism that the North African nation can escape political paralysis.

An unpublished analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates some 350 000 people in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according to an internal UN document.

According to the PwC Africa Business Agenda report, African CEOs are anxious about tax policy, general policy certainty and over-regulation.

Twitter's suspension in Nigeria will end once the US social media giant submits to local licencing, registration and conditions, the government said, rejecting criticism the ban had stifled freedom of expression.

The Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change met to reiterate a united voice on climate change, but more needs to be done at home, said on expert.

The Islamic State West Africa Province's announcement that Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has been killed marks a power shift in terrorism in the region.