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As many as 20,000 people are feared to have died after a powerful stom triggered devastating flooding in eastern Libya, according to...

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Former Paralympic gold medalist and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will remain behind bars after a parole board denied his early release on March 31.

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Moroccan rescuers retrieved a 5-year-old boy from a well where he had been stuck for five days, state media reported late on...

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons Chad's President Idriss Déby has died of his injuries following clashes with rebels in...

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan...

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Ghana has become the first country to receive Covid-19 vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative.

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons South Africa is considering swapping or selling the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the health minister...

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons South Africa has decided to suspend its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold...

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons Maalim Seif Sharif, the presidential candidate of Zanzibar's main opposition party, was arrested a...

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Nigeria has the second biggest Forex market in Africa. The local trading community is robust and ever-expanding. Last year, it was estimated...

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South African Fredie Blom, who was thought to be the oldest man in the world, has died at the age of 116.

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Image source: Wikimedia Commons Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has stepped down, after being detained by soldiers on...

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A Cecil Rhodes statue has been decapitated in Cape Town, South Africa. The bronze bust of the British imperialist...

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with The Right Honorable Motsoahae Thomas Thabane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of...

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Image source: Twitter Twenty nine intelligence officers have been sentenced to death in Sudan for the torture and killing...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to use a second Ebola vaccine to help control an outbreak that has killed more than 2,100...

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Zimbabwe’s ousted President Robert Mugabe has died in Singapore at the age of 95. The Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian...

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Three prominent opposition figures from Sudan have been arrested by the country’s security forces after they met the Ethiopian prime minister who was in...

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Thousands of protesters in Sudan have demanded the full dismantling of the "deep state" left behind by ousted leader Omar al-Bashir.

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Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has decided to resign after weeks of mass protests, state media report. The 82-year-old, who...

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An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max-8 has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all on board. According to...

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Martin Fayulu, the defeated opposition candidate in DR Congo's presidential election, has vowed to challenge the result in court. Felix Tshisekedi,...

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Image source TechCrunch This December 2018, TechCrunch will host TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. TechCrunch, like many other publishers and businesses, is starting to...

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Zimbabwe’s incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the country's presidential election, according to the electoral commission. With all 10 provinces declared, Emmerson Mnangagwa won 50.8%...

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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa, his MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) party has announced. Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, a former prime...