South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ghana Friday for a three-day State visit. The visit is aimed at strengthening...

The African Union’s health watchdog has appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant which has prompted...

The United Nations’ human rights chief has called for increased efforts to protect the vulnerable in Burkina Faso’s growing conflict...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that southern African nations that first detected the omicron COVID-19 variant are being collectively...

Zimbabwe has announced a nine-hour curfew and compulsory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country, to prevent the spread...

Armed with placards that read “Stop BBC,” “Stop CNN” and “Stop FAKE news on Ethiopia,” supporters of Ethiopia’s government are...

Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in two travelers from South Africa. But...

Vaccine-short Africa is hopeful of getting more COVID-19 doses, as a South African pharmaceutical firm is close to being the...

Ethiopian troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela from Tigrayan rebels, the government has said. This is the latest...

Ethiopia has filed a complaint with Twitter accusing the social media giant of suspending accounts critical of Tigrayan rebels it...