The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says rebels have shot down a United Nations helicopter in the east...

Botswana is the latest country to approve the use of the Corbevax coronavirus vaccine - and also plans to produce...

The International Monetary Fund and Mozambique have reached agreement on a loan of nearly $500m (£390m), the first since the...

In a move which has been described as "historic", the Democratic Republic of Congo has officially been admitted to the...

Benin President Patrice Talon has been appointed the head of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). This is...

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema came to power last year promising to eradicate corruption, and he is fighting an all-out battle...

West Africa's main political and economic bloc said on Friday it would give Mali's military transitional government 12 to 16...

Ethiopia's government on Thursday declared an immediate, unilateral truce in its conflict with rebellious Tigrayan forces to allow aid into...

South Sudanese security forces on Monday morning withdrew from First Vice-President Riek Machar's residence in the capital, Juba, his office...

Rwanda wants additional funding to keep its troops in Mozambique's troubled northern Cabo Delgado region where they are fighting Islamist...