Countries in Sub-Sahara Africa lost a combined R30.88 billion ($1.93 billion) from their economies because of widespread internet shutdowns by regimes, as demonstrations and crackdowns on opposition and civic society ensued last year.

Zimbabwe's recent spate of load shedding is expected to worsen for the next two weeks after the state-owned power utility announced plans to resume work on the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation project.

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Jeffrey Moyo's trial is set to get underway in the Bulawayo Magistrate's Court, where he will be represented by human rights lawyers Douglas Coltart and Beatrice Mtetwa.

US President Joe Biden raised concerns about air strikes in the conflict in northern Ethiopia and about human rights issues during a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, the White House said.

The United Nations on Monday urged Somalia's leaders to make good on their agreement for a new election timetable after repeated delays sparked a perilous political crisis.

The US says the alleged involvement of a Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, in Mali, will further destabilise the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa.

Electricity is out throughout Kenya, its equivalent of Eskom confirmed.

Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta under regional sanctions for trying to extend its hold on power.

Zimbabwe owes SAA and other international airlines around R2.78 billon in funds that could not be repatriated.

Rwanda is set to upscale involvement in fighting terrorists in Mozambique while the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold an extraordinary summit tomorrow to review the regional bloc's offensive there.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Owen Ncube, one of his top ministers.

Uganda ended the world's longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

An Algiers court has sentenced an opposition figure to two years behind bars on charges including insulting the president, a prisoners' rights group said.

West African leaders will gather to discuss Mali's political crisis, with the military junta submitting a new timeframe for a transition back to civilian rule at the last minute after its first proposal was rejected.

The United Nations has said it will launch talks to help Sudan find an end to the crisis following a military coup that stalled the country's transition to civilian rule.

Gunmen in northwest Nigeria's Kebbi state have freed 30 students and a teacher after seven months of captivity, according to a local official.

An estimated 200 people have been killed in attacks by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents say, following military air raids on their hideouts last week.

Mozambique's gas industry celebrates a critical milestone as the Coral South Floating LNG facility arrives in the Rovuma basin.

A Tunisian ex-justice minister who launched a hunger strike after his arrest a week ago is "stable" in hospital, a doctor said on Friday, as Human Rights Watch demanded his release.