A group of four widows who had sought to hold Shell liable for damages in the Netherlands after their anti-oil activist husbands were executed by the Nigerian government in 1995 have cancelled further legal proceedings, their lawyer said on Monday.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has admitted to violating its neighbour Rwanda's airspace, but hasn't apologised. In response, Rwanda described the airspace violation as 'a dangerous and serious provocation'.

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped at least 80 people and killed 11 others in separate attacks in the northwest, traditional leaders and residents said on Monday, in the latest attacks by armed gangs that have been preying on villages, schools and highways.

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Zimbabwe on Monday announced the launch of its first nano satellite into space in a bid to help collect data to monitor disasters, boost agriculture and enhance mineral mapping.

Military commanders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Ethiopian National Defence Force are meeting on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the African Union-led cessation of hostilities agreement reached in South Africa last week.

African climate change activists will call for a formula to reverse the continent's marginalisation in the climate change debate.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda revealed on Sunday that his air force had attacked and destroyed an insurgency camp of the rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Shares in Namibian financial services, property and mining company Trustco have been suspended from the JSE after the high court dismissed its appeal against the local bourse's decision.

Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in the country's deadliest air crash in decades.

The latest attack comes within days of a suicide bombing by al-Shabab near a military base in the capital, Mogadishu.

Kenya Airways cancelled most flights on Monday as a pilots' strike entered its third day, with thousands of travellers stranded and the government threatening disciplinary action if staff don't return to work.

Tade Balogun times his commute like a military operation.

Three people died when a plane carrying dozens of passengers plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday as it approached the northwestern city of Bukoba, the fire and rescue service said.

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.

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.