Mobile internet access was down in parts of Ethiopia's Amhara region and flights to two cities were cancelled on Thursday,...

A group of medical students from Sudan has been welcomed to Rwanda to continue their studies after a civil war...

The self-declared new leader of Niger on Wednesday said the junta would not bow to pressure to reinstate ousted President...

Côte d'Ivoire's former president Henri Konan Bédié has died aged 89 in hospital in Abidjan, a member of his party's...

The 62-year-old general, Abdourahamane Tchiani is from Niger’s western region of Tillaberi, close to the border with Mali. He studied...

Cameroon is officially bilingual. However, the minority English-speaking population has complained for decades of unfair treatment by the francophone-dominated state. Periods of...

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he suspended its governor,...

In Uganda, plastic pollution is a growing problem. Despite repeated plastic bans since 2009, there are no signs the use of this material is...

The Niger military junta that seized power last week said on Monday that the toppled government had authorised France to...

Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this...