Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan security guard expelled from Qatar after complaining about working conditions, is feeling conflicted about watching the World Cup that starts this week.

Troops and rebels traded heavy fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, a military source and local inhabitants said, as an envoy from the East African bloc called for all armed groups to "silence the guns".

The nineteenth conference of the parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora began in Panama City on Monday with African countries pushing for various reviews of proposals and documents on elephants ...

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Zambia has asked Russia to explain how one of its citizens who had been serving a prison sentence in Moscow ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine where he was killed, Zambia's foreign affairs minister said on Monday.

In 2003, then-president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe withdrew his country from the Commonwealth a year after it was suspended.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has fired Ghana's junior finance minister over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining.

The UN's human rights chief has attacked a surge in civilian casualties in Somalia, largely due to attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists, saying more than 600 civilians had been killed this year.

Talks aimed at bringing peace to eastern DR Congo, home to dozens of armed militias including the M23, are due to begin in Nairobi on November 21, the East African Community said on Sunday.

Troops in the DR Congo clashed with M23 rebels north of the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region.

The debate over abortion rights has flared in Morocco after a teenager's death following an unsafe termination, but social taboos continue to stall reforms.

Mozambique flagged off its first shipment of liquefied natural gas, exports that could help ease Europe’s energy crunch as Russia squeezes supplies.

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month.

Lagos's 20 million people struggle each day with notoriously poor infrastructure, except for a few wealthy enclaves. Arguably the worst problem is transport.

Northern Mozambique is facing dire food shortages, the United Nations warned as it appealed for funds to keep its food aid flowing to the conflict-ridden region.

Forget Cape Town or Cairo. Nairobi is ranked among the world's top 30 prime cities by real estate giant Knight Frank in its Prime Global Cities Index 2022 for the third quarter.

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe insists that coal will continue to play a critical part in electricity generation in South Africa.

A court in Angola on Thursday jailed dozens of former soldiers belonging to the presidential guard for up to 14 years for fraud and embezzlement in a high-profile mass corruption trial.

A sister of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah quickly disputed a claim by the prosecutor on Thursday that the hunger striker was in "good health", as fear mounts that he is being force-fed.

From 2010 to date, there were 46 attempted overthrows of governments in Africa through coups and other unconstitutional means.