Tourism officials in Egypt are forecasting a gradual recovery for the industry in 2021, after the pandemic stopped the majority of people visiting its sights last year.

The latest update from the International Air Transport Association shows the load factor in Africa fell to 45.5% in October 2020 compared to September.

An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two French soldiers in Mali.

Niger has declared three days of national mourning following the massacre of 100 civilians in two villages in the western region of the country where Islamist militants have carried out a series of attacks.

While health experts believe rising cases and the constrained situations at Zimbabwean health facilities justifies the lockdown, economists are bracing for the worst.

Nigerian authorities have arrested five activists who were organising an anti-government protest, severely beating the most prominent of them, Omoyele Sowore, his lawyer has said.

Two French soldiers have died after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali, just days after three others were killed in similar fashion.

Zimbabwe's government on Saturday imposed a national lockdown with immediate effect, following a surge in Covid-19 cases, creating a major problem for most citizens who rely on the informal employment sector.

The case was brought forward following a 2019 investigation by the British public broadcaster, the BBC.

Fighters linked to Islamic State this week raided a town less than 5 kilometers from the construction camp of the R293 billion project, which is Africa’s largest private investment

The accord “will fundamentally change the economic fortunes of our continent,” President Cyril Ramaphosa, who holds the AU’s rotating chairmanship, said in a speech on Thursday.

The United Nations and African Union on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of renewed fighting.

Chad has locked down its capital N'djamena for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and has declared a dusk to dawn curfew due to a rise in infections, a decree signed by President Idriss Deby showed on Fr

Sudan's hybrid United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end its 13-year peacekeeping operations in the conflict marred region.

Egypt's public prosecution has told investigators to exclude Italian prosecutors' accusations against four Egyptian policemen on the killing of an Italian student in Cairo.

The powerful tropical storm Chalane made landfall near the central Mozambique city of Beira.

Zimbabwe has postponed the re-opening of schools planned for next week, the government says.

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested in the country's central region, he said on Twitter.

Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in Nigeria, security sources have said.

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has ordered a reshuffle of the country's top police brass to facilitate a probe into the killing of two protesters.