South Africa’s health department said on Monday that it was changing COVID-19 vaccination rules to try to increase uptake, as...

President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger has said his country will welcome the Western forces pulling out of neighbouring Mali. In...

The United States has halted nearly $160 million in U.S. aid to Burkina Faso after determining the January ouster of...

Two Benin bronzes have been returned to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British...

Ethiopia began producing electricity for the first time from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – a massive hydropower plant...

Germany's BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus, unveiled mobile vaccine production units housed...

Burkina Faso’s coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba has promised to deal with the mounting insecurity after being inaugurated as the country’s...

With more than 200 million speakers, Swahili, which originated in East Africa, is one of the world's 10 most widely...

France and its allies in an international force will withdraw their troops from Mali after almost a decade, President Emmanuel...

Burkina Faso military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is due to be sworn in as the country’s president, just over two...