Former Congolese Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of bribing witnesses.
False reports that Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam have re-emerged. Clare Spencer asks if this is linked to the US...
NIGERIA’S First Lady has openly questioned her husband’s work and said she may not support him if he runs again — comments that President Muhammadu...
Rights groups claim 500 people have died in unrest sparked by development plans in the region around Addis Ababa
A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour, the main industry body says.
Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says.
The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video message denying a claim by the military that he was killed or badly...
At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel groups in the Central African Republic, the UN mission in the country says.
A campaign has been launched in South Africa calling for telecom providers to reduce how much they charge for internet services.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an "overzealous" staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama.
Zimbabwe is about to start using its own version of the U.S. dollar.
Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church prohibited from entering country after 60,000 people signed online petition objecting to his ‘hate...
A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked from an overcrowded rubber dinghy.
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Gabonese opposition leader Jean Ping on Thursday filed a vote fraud complaint to the country's highest court following days of deadly clashes over the...
Idriss Déby, who is accused of rigging elections in his own country, set to head delegation trying to resolve Gabon crisis
© Kenzo Triboullard, AFP | File photo of Malian soldiers on patrol.
The meeting will follow the conclusion of the two-day G20 summit that started on Sunday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
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Opposition led by Jean Ping rejects electoral commission results and demands recount in province with reported 99.93% turnout
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date.
Gabon's main opposition candidate has claimed victory over President Ali Bongo in Saturday's poll, alleging electoral fraud.