One in eight of the world's children - more than 300 million - live in conflict zones where they are at risk of becoming child soldiers, a charity warned on Tuesday, saying boosting school access was vital in fighting forced recruitment.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he was "deeply concerned" as countries around the world imposed travel restrictions on southern Africa in an attempt to stop the spread of a worrying new Covid-19 variant discovered there.

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Judges in Botswana's court of appeal dismissed an appeal by the government to overturn a landmark ruling of 2019 that decriminalised gay sex.

Rwanda and Angola are among those refusing South Africans, or flights from South Africa, due to Omicron fears.

Rwanda has imposed a ban on inbound and outbound flights to southern African countries in the wake of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes Covid-19.

A new attack on the Ivo displaced people's camp in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday claimed the lives of 22 civilians, an aid worker said.

The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow".

Namibia is known for its hot, dusty desert, but photographs show what it looks like after ultra-rare rains transformed it into an oasis.

Six Sudanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by Ethiopian forces on a Sudanese army post near the border between the countries, Sudanese military sources have told Reuters.

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.

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.