At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's southwestern ​Oyo state nearly two months ago ‌have been rescued...

Russia and the West African countries making up the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso...

Russia is ready to help Mozambique eliminate ​the "terrorist threat" it faces, ‌Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday,...

Zambia is gearing up for an August election in which President Hakainde Hichilema is favoured to win a ​second term...

Eleven more migrants deported by the Trump administration under a ​policy of sending them to third ‌countries arrived in Eswatini...

South African security forces have arrested more than 200 people, most of them undocumented foreign nationals, in a major raid...

Nigeria's Dangote Group plans to finance a proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Kenya through internal cash flow, bonds ​and an...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed ​into law legislation that extends his ‌term in office by two years to 2030,...

Ghana has postponed bilateral meetings with South Africa that were planned for next month because of a surge in anti-migrant violence in...

South Africa's National Treasury will withhold funding from Johannesburg and dozens of other ​municipalities for at least a month over...