Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter - seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria's government...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that despite repeated requests to the Ethiopian government, it still has no access to...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern...

The Ethiopian journalist, blogger and founder of The Balderas for Genuine Democracy party, Eskinder Nega has expressed his intention to...

Mali will not be able to complete a 30 billion CFA franc ($52 million) sale of T-bills this week because...

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has left isolation just over a week after testing positive for COVID-19 without symptoms, the government...

The authorities in Burkina Faso have announced the arrest of eight soldiers who are accused of plotting a coup. Among...

From 300 to 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in central Mali, a senior French armed forces ministry official said, challenging...

Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta...

The suspect in a fire that gutted parts of South Africa's 138-year-old parliament building this month was charged with terrorism...