Ethiopian government troops have advanced to ​a town on the border with Eritrea previously controlled by Tigrayan rebels, people in...

Motorists are sleeping overnight at petrol stations and taxi drivers have been left without ​work as crippling fuel shortages grip...

Uganda's ​central bank said it would ‌hold an emergency Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Wednesday. Uganda's shilling ​has been falling...

Mauritius closed schools in some parts of the country on Tuesday, ​the Ministry of Education said, following ‌a night of...

The number of confirmed Ebola cases ‌in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 9,000, government data showed on...

Tanzania expects to finalise agreements on major ‌investment projects in the coming months, including a $42 billion LNG development that...

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition to replace the AFC-M23 alliance fighting government forces in...

Passengers arrived at Ethiopia's Mekelle airport on Sunday for the first time in almost three weeks. Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights...

Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo warned on Sunday that illegally held weapons will be forcibly collected after December, when a...

At least 139 migrants, including at least 15 children, have died and around 84 are missing after a boat carrying...