Nestled on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare’s north-eastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connection between its interior design and the environs.

Sudan's transitional cabinet has backed an initiative by the United Arab Emirates to mediate in a border dispute with Ethiopia.

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed on Tuesday, extending his 36 years leading the Central African oil producer despite a prolonged economic crisis.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the east of the country, health authorities say.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has released its last confirmed Ebola patients from treatment centres, health authorities have announced.

A woman and four children were killed in a stampede in Tanzania as crowds rushed to mourn Tanzania's late president John Magufuli at the weekend, a relative told AFP on Tuesday.

Attacks by suspected jihadists in villages in Niger's Tahoua region has left 137 people dead, the government has said.

Nineteen people died and 34 were injured in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state after a speeding bus veered off the road when one of its tyres burst, an official said.

Nearly one-third of Nigerian children lack access to enough water, the UN children's agency UNICEF said, calling for urgent measures to address the problem.

Zimbabwe's anti graft police last month recovered about 40 boxes of Covid-19 test kits worth thousands of dollars stolen from a public hospital in Bulawayo, the country's second city.

Republic of Congo opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died of Covid-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment, his campaign director said Monday, the day after presidential elections in which he was the main challenger.

Islamic State's West Africa affiliate has claimed responsibility for an ambush last week that killed 33 Malian soldiers.

President Nguesso seeking to extend his 36-year reign while critics say vote won’t be free and fair.

The al-Shabab insurgency in Mozambique's mineral-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado has caused 2,000 deaths and displaced 670,000 people.

At least 25 people were killed when a large truck smashed into three vehicles on the road to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma on Friday, the local mayor said.

Three cities in eastern DR Congo have been brought to a near-standstill, and one person died, in protests over a surge in killings by a notorious armed group, local sources said.

Senegal crossed the symbolic threshold of 1,000 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, just as the West African state was scheduled to ease virus-related restrictions.

The Republic of Congo votes in presidential elections on Sunday with incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso aiming to extend his decades-long hold on power in the Central African state.

Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Friday the country should unite and avoid pointing fingers after the death of John Magufuli.

Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday as Tanzania's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery.