The United Kingdom's push to send migrants to Rwanda this week again faced resistance from the House of Commons and House of Lords.

The government of Burundi and the United Nations have launched an appeal for financial aid to cope with the "devastating effects" of months of relentless rainfall that has displaced nearly 100,000 people.

The maker of Star lager and Legend Extra Stout is joining multinational companies including Procter & Gamble, GSK and Bayer that have been forced to either revamp their business or exit the country.

The US could be forced to revisit its relations with African states where critical minerals used in the manufacture of weapons are sourced.

Zimbabwe’s health regulator has, as a precautionary measure, recalled a children’s cough syrup - but fears remain that it will be sold on the black market.

Nigeria's creaking grid collapsed for the fifth time this year in the early hours of Monday, highlighting the country's inability to provide reliable power less than two weeks after raising tariffs for wealthier consumers by 230%.

The transitional president of military-led Chad launched a campaign Sunday for a May presidential election he is likely to win, after his main rivals were ousted from the race.

Africa's most populous nation Nigeria has launched a "revolutionary" vaccine against meningitis, in what the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said was a world first.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is tired of being asked about allegations his government is supporting M23 rebels. So much so, that he's starting to wonder why those asking are not supporters of M23.

Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, the major cut flower exporters in Africa, will be the biggest beneficiaries of a decision by the United Kingdom to remove export tariffs for two years.

Mali's military-dominated authorities on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties, a day after suspending their activities.

Ten years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in the middle of the night by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.

Some 3.4 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian help in Chad following the arrival of large numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing war, a French NGO warned Wednesday.

A protracted lithium mining dispute between Chinese investors and a Zimbabwean government-owned corporation has led to a contentious High Court verdict that could result in the termination of mining licenses issued after 2003.

The bodies of 38 migrants, including children, have been recovered after a shipwreck off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN said Tuesday, the latest disaster on the so-called Eastern migration route.

South Africa is headed in the wrong direction and needs to take lessons from Rwanda, 30 years after the reverse was true and SA served as an inspiration for Rwanda, former president Thabo Mbeki has said.

Former president Thabo Mbeki has joined presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Kagame in calling for a peaceful resolution to rising tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.

Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency started trading on Monday amid doubts that the country's third such re-launch in a decade will have any more success in ending repeated, crippling bouts of high inflation.

Rescuers carried out search operations off the northern coast of Mozambique on Monday after a makeshift ferry boat carrying people fleeing a cholera outbreak capsized, killing at least 97.