Riot police in the Mozambican capital Maputo fired tear gas October 21 to disperse a crowd protesting against alleged electoral fraud, days after two opposition…
Kenya's ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 20 lashed out at his boss William Ruto as "vicious" and cruel, warning that his life could…
A child has died in Kinshasa amid severe flooding caused by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on…
Two close associates of Mozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, were gunned down in Maputo on October…
An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147,…
Security forces in Mozambique opened fire October 16 to disperse hundreds of supporters of opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane who claims to have won elections a…
Clashes between Ethiopian federal forces and militias in the country's north-west are placing fleeing Sudanese refugees at "grave risk", Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on…
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed almost 100 people and left 50 injured, police said on October 16. Many of the victims…
Two human rights groups on October 15 accused Yemen's Huthi rebels of arbitrarily arresting dozens of people for celebrating the anniversary of a 1962 coup…
Uganda said October 15 it had signed a $3 billion deal with a Turkish company to build an electric railway line that will link the…
A Kenyan court is due to rule October 15 on a last-ditch case seeking to stop a Senate debate and vote on the impeachment of…
Two major rivers have flooded across central Nigeria displacing tens of thousands of people, the Red Cross told AFP. Rescue workers in Kogi State have…
The governing Frelimo party in Mozambique has won the vote in the capital city of Maputo, the elections commission said October 13, in a tense…
Inter-communal clashes in southeastern Kenya have killed at least 18 people in the past two weeks, police said October 12, as security was boosted in…
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was visiting Eritrea on October 10 against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the volatile Horn of Africa region, particularly…
Egypt has denied allegations from Sudanese paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, at war with the army since April last year, that its military has been…
Guinean authorities have suspended a senior official who sparked outcry after publicly threatening anyone who attacked the image of the country's military ruler, an official…
Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said Monday, although low turnout reflected widespread discontent…
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Monday denied corruption allegations against him on the eve of an impeachment vote that has highlighted a rancorous rift…
Rwanda's health minister said the country would begin vaccinations against the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus on October 6 after receiving some 700 doses of a…
South African police have arrested three people in connection with the killing of 18 relatives -- mostly women -- gunned down at a rural homestead…
Tunisia holds a presidential election October 6 with no real opposition to incumbent Kais Saied, widely tipped to win as his most prominent critics, including…
Ethiopian army forces have deployed in large numbers in the past fortnight to Amhara state, scene of a year-long insurgency, a security source told AFP…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on October 5 in the eastern city…
The United Nations Wednesday said it had released $5 million to help flood victims in Nigeria, where the rainy season has killed more than 300…
