Botswana is seeking to secure funding partners for a R46 billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal, a plan rekindled by the energy crisis playing out in Europe, according to its energy minister.

Eight men raided an auctioneer in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 8 October and made off with US$1.2 million (about R21.6 million).

The warring sides in Ethiopia were readying Monday for peace talks in South Africa aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the brutal two-year conflict.

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With the African Union-led talks set to get under way in Pretoria to end Ethiopia's two-year-long civil war between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the latter claims to have started the process of...

An Ethiopian government delegation and rival Tigray forces were due to meet in South Africa for the first formal peace talks since war broke out two years ago.

Four of the longest-serving African heads of state came into power through military coups – and, while they're now over 70 years old, they are not showing any signs of leaving office.

An opposition leader has quit, voting has been postponed for rural residents, and a man has been eaten by a lion in a national park: these are just a few of the lies Zimbabweans have seen circulating on social media.

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

One year after a military coup derailed Sudan's transition, the country remains mired in deepening political and economic turmoil that observers say poses threats of even greater instability.

The African Union Peace and Security Council held a meeting focusing on the AU-led peace process for Ethiopia, scheduled to take place in South Africa on Monday.

Morocco has blasted what it called Pretoria's "gesticulations and agitations" over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, in reaction to Cyril Ramaphosa backing the region's independence.

Malawi unearthed four more bodies following the grim discovery of a grave containing the remains of 25 men suspected to be Ethiopian migrants, police said.

Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator ordered mobile telecommunication companies to reverse a 10% tariff hike that was meant to cover rising costs.

With 30 days before the FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar, there is still no remedy fund for migrant workers, most of whom are from Africa and Asia.

African Union-led peace talks aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, will be held in South Africa on Monday, says the Ethiopian government.

Amid pressure against America, US Department of State sanctions coordinator James O'Brien says sanctions on Zimbabwe target "the people who are responsible for and profit from human rights abuses, corruption and anti-democratic actions".

Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a bigger problem dwarfs them all -- climate change.

The Ethiopians government said Thursday that peace talks on the nearly two-year-old war in Tigray would start in South Africa next week.

Malawi has discovered a mass grave in the north of the country containing the remains of 25 people suspected to be migrants from Ethiopia, police said.