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Local government officials joined hundreds of mourners in northern Nigeria on Wednesday for the mass burial of more than 140...

This has resulted in widespread damage to riverside communities in Senegal and Mali, and concerns remain as the rainy season...

Less than half of Zambia's 20 million people had access to electricity before Kariba's problems. Millions more have now been...

The Logone River in Chad's capital has risen to its highest level in 30-40 years, the authorities said on Wednesday,...

A French-Cameroonian author is undergoing trial in Paris, accused of contesting the Rwanda genocide of 1994. In his 2019 book,...

Prison conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported in...

The head of South Africa's flagship Black economic empowerment programme plans to introduce additional incentives and potential fines to improve...

Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife...

In recent weeks, relentless heavy rains have battered Mayo Danay in the Far North region of Cameroon, with the city...

Floods in north Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a large zoo with an array of wildlife...