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The new President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, has begun appointing his Cabinet ministers. Mr Hichilema, who defeated former President Edgar...

Mali’s former Prime Minister Boubèye Maïga has been arrested over alleged corruption during the purchase of a presidential plane seven...

A new approach to protecting young African children from malaria could reduce deaths and illness from the disease by 70%,...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has come under fire for remarks about women footballers having “flat chests” and suggesting they...

Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, killing two officers and abducting one...

The United Nations Secretary-General has again called for an immediate ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, where government forces...

The number of people who died in Wednesday’s jihadist attack on a military convoy escorting civilians in northern Burkina Faso...

The Lagos state government in Nigeria has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop the “menace”,...

The Burkinabe government said Wednesday that 47 people, including 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed in...

Ivory Coast begins vaccinating health workers in the commercial capital Abidjan against Ebola on Monday after a case of the...