Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid resigns from parliament

Journalists decry arbitrary arrests, torture as UJA elects new leadership

Police struggle to identify decapitated female victim of Uganda’s serial killer

Moroccan trio make African Player of Year shortlist as Salah absent

Up to 50,000 Ethiopians flee to Kenya as clashes escalate

DR Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for being 'cowards'

2027 Manifesto: Tinubu eyes 6% growth, 78,000 security recruits

Cameroon sets date for twice-delayed legislative and local elections

Lawyer sues police over seized call-to-bar certificate

National Vaccine Institute, Africa CDC mobilise African manufacturers for pooled procurement

More than 50,000 displaced by deadly Ethiopia border clashes

Nine foreigners caught allegedly trying to leave South Africa to fight in Ukraine

Kenya seizes 454kg of meth in drug crackdown

Kenyan authorities seize 454kg of crystal meth worth $27 million

Kenyan women turn discarded synthetic hair into handmade products

‘We are left with silence’: Egypt’s press freedom under threat

Egypt train crash: Survivors describe horror after collision kills seven

Two trains collide in Egypt, killing four people and injuring dozens more, authorities say

South Africa’s ANC suffers setback in local elections

At least 21 dead as small boat sinks off Senegal

Uganda: Overcrowding forces babies to share beds at Nalufenya Hospital

Herbalist accused of defiling girl under pretext of treatment

Egypt reopens embassy in Libya as it seeks to rebuild energy ties with Tripoli

Gambia's opposition leader Bensouda files for presidential election despite abuse allegations

Uganda's first female orthopaedic surgeon Dr Namusoke dies

Father in pain after daughters vanish, leave goodbye note

Coalition battles ahead in key South African cities as vote counting wraps up

Uganda:Mob kills security guard over witchcraft claims in Budaka

Political chaos in Somalia after court ruling against president's term extension

Tanzanian opposition celebrates 'victorious' day after leader avoids death penalty

The young Somali woman changing how the world sees Mogadishu

Analysts warn African leaders that a shift in Ukrainian government could lead to deal renegotiations

WAPO elects Nana Yaw Appiah Kubi as Secretary General

Atiku’s candidacy in doubt after Nigerian court ruling

Kenyan cult leader faces death sentence over child murders

Tanzania opposition leader jailed for four years after treason acquittal

Kenyan court sentencing doomsday cult leader who murdered 191 people

South Africa’s ANC on track for new lows in local polls

Somalia's top court rejects president's term extension amid political crisis

Tanzanian opposition leader found guilty of incitement

Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies

Africa urged to unite on digital governance agenda

Kenyan pharmacists warn against viral craze of using allergy drug for vaginal tightening

WHO approves clinical trials on two new Ebola vaccines