The country is experiencing a power shortfall due to generation constraints at the thermal power station Hwange, which is almost forty years old.

An Algerian journalist and rights activist was taken into custody on Sunday facing a charge of "glorifying terrorism", one of his lawyers said.

On Monday, the BBC reported that it found evidence to suggest British American Tobacco (BAT) sabotaged competitors in South Africa and in Zimbabwe, and paid a bribe to the late president Robert Mugabe.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to amend the constitution and form a new government months after he dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament in moves his critics called a coup.

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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.

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.