Nigeria's government on Wednesday said it had ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after banning the social media giant in a dispute over a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) chief John Mangudya has been classified among the worst central bank governors, according to rankings by Global Finance magazine, in sharp contrast to South Africa’s Lesetja Kganyago.

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Authorities say the alleged plot was uncovered after ‘a member of the gang’ denounced the plan.

Pressure on Mali's junta increased on Tuesday as France and the United States underlined their support for the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has slapped sanctions on the country over delayed elections following two coups.

The Malawian president and Southern African Development Community chairperson, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, has urged member states to support the Cabo Delgado reconstruction plan.

A car bomb exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, the head of the city's ambulance services said.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday that China would be donating another 10 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine over the course of 2022.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says credit should go to the SADC Standby Mission in Mozambique for neutralising terrorism in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Countries in Sub-Sahara Africa lost a combined R30.88 billion ($1.93 billion) from their economies because of widespread internet shutdowns by regimes, as demonstrations and crackdowns on opposition and civic society ensued last year.

Southern African regional bloc SADC at a summit on Wednesday extended the mandate of a troop deployment in Mozambique to help the country fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, a communique from the summit showed.

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Tuesday returned to work avoiding a situation where a cabinet minister would have assumed duty since the acting president, his deputy Slumber Tsogwane is in Malawi.

Zimbabwe's recent spate of load shedding is expected to worsen for the next two weeks after the state-owned power utility announced plans to resume work on the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation project.

Jeffrey Moyo's trial is set to get underway in the Bulawayo Magistrate's Court, where he will be represented by human rights lawyers Douglas Coltart and Beatrice Mtetwa.

US President Joe Biden raised concerns about air strikes in the conflict in northern Ethiopia and about human rights issues during a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, the White House said.

The United Nations on Monday urged Somalia's leaders to make good on their agreement for a new election timetable after repeated delays sparked a perilous political crisis.

The US says the alleged involvement of a Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, in Mali, will further destabilise the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa.

Electricity is out throughout Kenya, its equivalent of Eskom confirmed.

Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta under regional sanctions for trying to extend its hold on power.

Zimbabwe owes SAA and other international airlines around R2.78 billon in funds that could not be repatriated.