A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that rescue efforts were under way.

The foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda agreed on Saturday to accelerate efforts to de-escalate tensions and resolve their political crisis.

Over 1.3 million children under 5 are likely suffering acute malnourishment in northeast Nigeria, according to the UN.

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Kenya Airways flights were disrupted on Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a dozen planes, affecting thousands of passengers, the country's transport minister said.

Artisanal workers in Cameroon scavenge through discarded items and sell their harvest to traders, but the work can carry an untold human and environmental cost.

Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of its first brand of electric vehicles, part of a broader push to diversify the economy of the world's biggest oil exporter.

East Africa is enduring its worst drought in 40 years, and Kenyan wildlife is also bearing the brunt.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reiterated his refusal to impose a nationwide Covid-like lockdown to contain the spread of Ebola despite a worrying increase in cases.

NAIROBI, Nov 4 - A leading Kenya opposition figure has petitioned the East African Court of Justice to overturn President William Ruto's August election victory, a win that drew legal challenges but was upheld by the country's top court.

According to the World Health Organisation, the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn of Africa have reached an all-time high this century.

Selena Gomez's new documentary is here, and in it, she opens up about her continuous mental health struggles over the last six years.

A day before the anniversary of the civil war in Ethiopia, a cessation of hostilities agreement was reached by warring factions in talks that went into overtime in Pretoria.

Ethiopia's government and the rebel authorities in the Tigray region said Wednesday they had signed a deal to cease hostilities after two years of brutal conflict.

A London court approved on Thursday a confiscation order of 93.5 million pounds (R2 billion) against the British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore for seven bribery offences in relation to its oil operations in Africa.

After 10 days of 'intense' peace talks, a cessation of hostilities agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Force to end the war in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.

South Africa is the world's 12th biggest source of greenhouse gases and environmentalists blame the country for its reliance on fossil fuels.

The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray have agreed to cease hostilities, African Union mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday just over a week after formal peace talks began in South Africa.

The Zimbabwean government says most people living and working in South Africa under the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit system do not qualify for critical skills permits, and it is preparing for an influx of returning citizens.

Dida, famed for her long tusks, was aged between 60 and 65 years, and died of natural causes, wildlife officials say.