Nigeria played to a home draw against Ghana which ended their hopes of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit Zimplats is going to plough more than $80 million into its Bimha mine just after completing a nearly $100 million reconstruction project there following a major collapse eight years ago.

At least seven people were killed and others kidnapped during an attack on a major Nigerian railway after gunmen detonated a bomb on the track and opened fire on a halted train, hospital sources and authorities said.

An estimated 400 civilians have been killed and 83 000 displaced from the gold-rich Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2022, humanitarian agencies say.

The high cost of tuberculosis treatment countered by a shift towards treatment and mitigation of Covid-19, has seen countries in Africa missing set targets for TB eradication by 2030.

The transitional authority of Tigray has accused the Ethiopia of attempting to hoodwink the international community into believing that it has immediately facilitated a "temporary cessation of hostilities" to allow humanitarian aid to flow into Tigra...

Akinwumi Adesina believes the Russia-Ukraine war will have a ripple effect on food security and energy supply.

"Plastic still has value," said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory.

Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry.

Gunmen attacked a passenger train in northwest Nigeria on Monday night, opening fire after detonating explosives on the track, but were repelled by troops without causing casualties, a security source and friends of passengers told AFP.

Wide-ranging sanctions against Russia could have serious implications for Africa, affecting the continent’s ability to procure and maintain military hardware from Russia, writes Moses B. Khanyile.

At least 300 people have died and more than have been 350 injured between November last year and February this year in multiple airstrikes carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force in Tigray and Afar, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees s...

The by-elections held on Saturday had all the trademarks of a typical Zimbabwean election: tension, drama, intrigue, mass rallies, accusations, counter-accusations, and newly found generosity by the contestants.

Zambia may be better known for mining copper than crypto, but a group of young entrepreneurs are looking to reinvent the country as an African technology hub - with support from Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin.

A carved mask from Central Africa, dating from the 19th century, was sold in France for 4.2 million euros (over $67 million) on Saturday, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house calling for the item's "'restitution".

Egyptian police have arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, subjecting some to abuse and "forced physical labour", Human Rights Watch has said.

Nigeria's ruling party has appointed a new chairman at a national convention meant to end infighting as it prepares to select a candidate to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 election.

Zimbabweans voted Saturday in key parliamentary and municipal by-elections seen as a test for President Emmerson Mnangangwa's ruling party in next year's general polls.

Ethiopia has declared a conditional truce, and their rebel opponents in Tigray have agreed to cease hostilities if certain terms are met. Does this bring Ethiopia any closer to peace?

President Hakainde Hichilema took office last year with the kind of anti-corruption promises that Zambians have learned to take with a grain of salt. This week, those promises became more real.