One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is free and has been reunited with her family, a state governor's office said on Saturday.

Two Algerian soldiers were killed and a third was wounded when a landmine exploded during a military operation in Ain Defla province, the defence ministry said.

Deadly fighting has erupted between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar's SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a statement.

Zambia's main opposition leader on Saturday said he was blocked from flying into the central Copperbelt Province, a region that could swing next week's election where he was due to campaign.

The US State Department on Friday added five alleged senior members of jihadist groups in Africa to its terror blacklist, blocking access to any property or interests they may have in the United States.

Archaeologists have found "incredible" ancient artifacts from the submerged city of Thonis-Heracleion, dating from the age of Egypt's pharaohs.

Mozambican security forces are preventing tens of thousands of civilians displaced by jihadist attacks around the northern town of Palma from moving to safer areas, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Mozambican security forces are preventing tens of thousands of civilians displaced by jihadist attacks around the northern town of Palma from moving to safer areas, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Rebel forces from Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray on Friday rebuffed US calls to leave neighbouring regions, one day after they seized famed UNESCO heritage site Lalibela.

"I had never been so devastated and I cried at the embarrassment," Tabitha Chawinga told The Guardian.

Nigerian forces have killed 78 gunmen, known locally as bandits, during military operations including air strikes in northwestern Zamfara state, the air force said.

The head of the African Union's health watchdog John Nkengasong revealed on Thursday that he was battling Covid-19 but had survived the worst thanks to his jabs, as he urged the continent to fight vaccine hesitancy.

After a slight dip in cases last week, Covid-19 cases are surging again, says the World Health Organisation. More than half of African countries are experiencing a third wave, while four are in the grip of a fourth one.

African Union officials said on Thursday that the body had begun shipping Covid-19 vaccine doses acquired from Johnson & Johnson.

Three young children were killed by lions near Tanzania's world-renowned Ngorongoro wildlife reserve as they went to look for lost cattle, police said on Thursday.

MTN sees the investment risk starting to outweigh the benefits, said the people, who asked to remain anonymous as the deliberations are not public.

Amnesty says it documented at least 115 killings by security forces this year in restive southeastern states.

The doctors' union in Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday called off a three-week-old strike over pay that had brought hospitals to a near standstill during the country's third wave of coronavirus.

Zimbabwe will clear a backlog of foreign currency allocations owed from central bank-run auctions in the next 45 days, a senior treasury official said on Wednesday, with traders and businesses estimating around $200 million is outstanding.

Rwandahas sent 300 troops to reinforce United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, where they will help protect a key highway supplying the capital, the UN said.