A leading figure in Guinea's opposition has urged regional bloc ECOWAS not to impose economic sanctions on Guinea's new military regime.

Relatives of jailed Tunisian MP Yassine Ayari who is suffering from an ulcer voiced concern about his health, four days after he began a hunger strike.

Hundreds of opposition supporters marched in the Angolan capital Luanda to protest against poll law amendments they say will undermine general elections next year.

Nigeria's central bank says it's investigating the foreign-exchange transactions of lenders operating in the country.

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A Zimbabwean magistrate ruled that Robert Mugabe's remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes' shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader's resting place.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has said his new government would implement policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, restore economic growth and review mining policies.

Guinea's military junta, which seized power has said that it has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts.

The proliferation of Covid-19 variants in Africa, partly attributed to the low rates of vaccination, could lead to vaccine-evading mutations that complicate attempts to end the pandemic, a group of 112 African and 25 international organizations said.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 9 - Nigerian troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army said on Thursday.

The African Union's health watchdog accused world leaders Thursday of falling short in their pledge to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer nations, and their failure risked making the disease endemic.

Somalia's two most powerful leaders are locked in a standoff after they named different men to head the intelligence service of the politically unstable nation.

West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a military coup in the country, the organisation has said after an emergency summit.

Mozambique was urged to investigate fresh claims that women have been coerced into giving sex or money to receive food aid in regions hit by a four-year insurgency.

Guinea's military leaders have freed scores of political prisoners before a meeting of West African leaders to discuss their response to a coup that ousted President Alpha Conde.

Somalia's PM Mohamed Hussein Roble has accused the country's president of "obstructing" an investigation into the fate of an intelligence agent whose disappearance sparked an outcry.

Ugandan police have questioned two prominent opposition lawmakers accused of orchestrating a wave of grisly murders by machete-wielding gangs.

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange and Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Stock Exchange signed a memorandum of understanding that may lead to the establishment of a gold market in the African country.

Power grabs in West Africa over the past year - in Chad, Mali and most recently Guinea - are enjoying newfound impunity, leaving citizens angry and distressed.

Zimbabwe’s government ordered state employees who are unwilling to be vaccinated to resign to reduce the risk of them spreading the virus to others.