The governments of South Africa and Lesotho are, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, expected to officially launch a vital bridge towering over a deep valley and connecting two key regions within Lesotho.
Algeria's former industry minister, Ali Aoun, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported.
Ugandan and Congolese soldiers rescued at least 200 civilians in a raid on a terrorist camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Uganda's military said on Monday.
Chad plans to send 1,500 personnel to Haiti, its presidential office said in a letter to lawmakers distributed on Monday, as part of its contribution to a UN-backed security force.
Four migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean more than five days after the boat supposed to carry them to Europe capsized off Libya.
Two of Zambia’s largest copper smelters and sulphuric acid producers will shut for extended maintenance later this year, two industry sources said, further squeezing copper output.
Kemi Seba was arrested last week by South African police in Pretoria alongside his son after Benin had issued an international warrant for his arrest in December.
TPLF accuses Ethiopia of violating a peace deal which ended the war in Tigray region, but an officials has accused the group of "a clear repudiation" of the post-war structure.
Iran's foreign ministry says the move risks fueling tensions in the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Pope Leo is on Tuesday due to speak before President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, government officials, diplomats corps and civil society.
Local Nigerian outlets report that the attorney general's office has filled 13 charges against six individuals over the alleged coup plot.
South Sudan will hold elections in December, the information minister vowed on Tuesday, after years of repeated delays.
Côte d'Ivoire's government has dissolved the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) following sustained criticism of the body over its handling of elections, government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency carried out a series of coordinated operations in the Middle Shabelle region, killing more than 33 Al Shabab terrorists.
Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that two men, a Russian and a Ukrainian citizen, had been freed in a special operation in Mali after they were abducted in neighbouring Niger in 2024.
Senegal’s public debt director Alioune Diouf said the country’s debt is now “fully transparent” and aligned with International Monetary Fund figures.
Hundreds of civilians were displaced in the fresh fighting in North Kivu province with the UN saying families were facing increasingly precarious living conditions.
Several African countries had revoked overflight permits, curtailing a planned trip by Taiwan's leader to Eswatini, the island's only diplomatic ally on the continent.
Police say reptile was found during a routine screening at Namanga border post, located 165 kilometres south of Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
Malian singer Rokia Traore has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by a Brussels court in a long-running dispute over the custody of her daughter.
At least 23 people, including three children, were killed on Tuesday in three separate attacks blamed on terrorists and criminal gangs in northeastern and northwestern Nigeria, according to two security reports.
Malawi has sold gold from its international reserves and asked Afreximbank for a $120 million loan to fund fuel purchases, the Nation Publications media group reported on Wednesday.
South Africa hit back on Wednesday against charges of xenophobia after protests against undocumented migrants and said African nations should address issues like instability causing their people to leave.
South African state utility Eskom said on Wednesday that it expected to implement no power cuts during the southern hemisphere winter months from April to August.
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