A court in Angola on Thursday jailed dozens of former soldiers belonging to the presidential guard for up to 14 years for fraud and embezzlement in a high-profile mass corruption trial.

A sister of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah quickly disputed a claim by the prosecutor on Thursday that the hunger striker was in "good health", as fear mounts that he is being force-fed.

From 2010 to date, there were 46 attempted overthrows of governments in Africa through coups and other unconstitutional means.

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Under new President William Ruto’s government, prosecutors have withdrawn several cases against some of his allies.

Jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stopped drinking water in prison to up the ante of his hunger strike on the first day of the COP27 summit underway in Egypt.

The new agreement was announced during the first official trip of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Kenya.

As Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Senyonga prepares to bury his grandson, age-old traditions are forgotten and fear hangs in the air while a government medical team prepares the body for the funeral - the latest victim of Ebola in the East African nation...

The leaders of Chad's main opposition groups said on Wednesday that they had been forced into hiding over fears for their safety, following a deadly crackdown on anti-junta demonstrations.

A new report has found that almost half of the youth in Africa are discouraged from starting families because of the climate crisis.

Lesotho's first female deputy prime minister and second female finance minister were sworn in last week, but the number of women in in leadership positions remain low.

The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.

The family of jailed Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah said on Tuesday they had not heard from him since he had been due to stop drinking water two days ago, and the United Nations human rights chief warned his life was in great dang...

Kenya Airways pilots will end their days-long strike and return to work on Wednesday morning, their union said, after a court ordered staff to resume operations in a breakthrough for the beleaguered airline.

Retired police officers and soldiers are making a comeback in Zimbabwe, working for private security companies as armed robberies spiral out of control.

Malawi is approaching its most volatile period in the fight against cholera with the onset of the rainy season in a few weeks and unpredictable weather patterns, which will result in natural disasters such as flooding.

Uganda will shorten the school term by two weeks to reduce daily contact amongst students and help curb the spread of Ebola, the education minister said on Tuesday.

A large hydrocarbon deposit has been discovered off the shore of Angola's capital Luanda at a site operated by American firm ExxonMobil, the country's national agency for oil, gas and biofuels announced Monday.

Ramon Abbas frequently flaunted his lavish lifestyle on his now-deactivated Instagram account, posing in designer clothing with luxury vehicles and jets.

A group of four widows who had sought to hold Shell liable for damages in the Netherlands after their anti-oil activist husbands were executed by the Nigerian government in 1995 have cancelled further legal proceedings, their lawyer said on Monday.