Central African Republic's livestock minister, a former rebel chief detained for war crimes and crimes against humanity, was on Friday freed from jail by gendarmes.

Police in Malawi fired teargas to disperse thousands of protesters demonstrating on Friday against the cost of living, corruption and nepotism in government.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Friday.

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Zimbabwe has introduced a raft of new tax measures, including a 5% levy on imported dairy products, an R810 levy on all new smartphones, and a tax on energy drinks.

In a bid to keep local art accessible for local audiences, one of 27-year-old Khoza’s dreams is to launch a museum of contemporary art.

Despite a delayed start to the rainy season, southern Africa and parts of central Africa are set to receive normal to above-normal rains, the Food Security Early Warning system says.

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit will lapse at the end of the year and their holders will then need to apply for different kinds of visas to stay or will be deported after a 12-month period.

Only four African countries - South Africa, Ghana, Senegal and the island of Cabo Verde - are rated highly in this year's Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance's governance ratings.

Namibia has warned that more than 268 000 doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are at risk of being destroyed, some as early as next week, due to a slow uptake by citizens.

Critics take to social media to slam royal’s comments concerning pressures faced by wildlife.

Nigeria is planning to give cash handouts to the poor, that may cost the government 2.4 trillion naira a year (R96 billion) in a bid to replace fuel subsides.

China has won the Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy war in Africa and the rest of the developing world ahead of Russia, India and the West because the Asian giant supplies the majority of vaccines to African countries, according to a report by the Economist...

With a critical mass of thousands of educated graduates and rising unemployment, amid the wide exposure to the ideas of liberal democracy, it is becoming an uphill task to maintain absolute monarchism in Eswatini, writes Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini.

Malawi has approached US heavyweight boxing great Mike Tyson to become brand ambassador for the southern African country's nascent medicinal cannabis industry in a bid to attract investment.

For Malawian prosperity gospel preacher Shepherd Bushiri, it's business as usual - with allegations that thousands of worshippers from all over the world visit him weekly for spiritual deliverance.

Tanzania said it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticised policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to direct the war from the front lines, state-affiliated media reported, as two Olympian athletes announced they were enlisting in the military.

Britain called on its nationals to leave Ethiopia immediately due to an intensification of conflict in the East African country.

When popular Rwandan singer Albert Nabonibo came out as gay, he lost everything overnight: the love of his fans, friends and family. He then found sanctuary in an unexpected source: the embrace of a Kigali church.