The United States has reimposed curbs on an Israeli billionaire accused of corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reversing a move by Donald Trump during his last days in office.

A Senegalese judge charged opposition leader Ousmane Sonko with rape and freed him from detention pending an investigation on Monday, after his arrest last week sparked the West African state's worst unrest in years.

South Africans looking to enjoy the Seychelles’ pristine white beaches and warm seas will need to wait until the UK revises its “red list”.

Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges have ruled, in their highest ever reparation order.

Ghana suffered a nationwide power cut on Sunday, the west African country's electricity provider GRIDCo said, as it attempted to restore power.

Detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will appear in court Monday, with his supporters urged to "massively descend onto the streets" for a new round of protests against his arrest.

A series of large explosions at a military base rocked the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds, local television station TVGE said.

A 17-year-old boy has been killed by gunfire in southern Senegal, a government official has said, and several police stations were ransacked as opponents of President Macky Sall called for more protests next week.

At least 20 people have been killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been held in custody at a court hearing, two days after his arrest sparked the country's worst violence in years.

Rwanda has began its Covid-19 vaccine campaign, becoming the first nation in Africa to use pharmaceutical company doses that require ultra-cold storage.

While many countries have experienced negative economic growth in 2020 owing to Covid-19, Zimbabwe has recorded a surprising spike in production.

Zipline has started delivering coronavirus vaccines via drone in Ghana as part of COVAX's first-ever shipment of vaccines to low-income countries.

A Tunisian judge has sentenced a feminist activist to six months in prison on charges of "insulting police and abuse of morals", her lawyers have said.

Eritrean forces have shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, Human Rights Watch has said.

Senegalese police have clashed with supporters of arrested opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, leaving one person dead in the south of the country, a police official has said.

Most African countries will kick-start their Covid-19 vaccination programs by the end of March as efforts to procure doses for the continent's 1.3 billion people gather pace.

At least 20 people have drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard during a crossing between Djibouti and Yemen.

Egypt has expanded its coronavirus vaccination rollout to include the elderly and people with chronic diseases after several weeks of vaccinating medical staff.

The UN rights chief has said that her office had corroborated grave violations that could amount to "war crimes and crimes against humanity" in Ethiopia's Tigray region.