Former South African President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a jail sentence for contempt...

On Wednesday evening she had the task of announcing to Tanzanians that President John Magufuli had died and now Vice-President...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications...

Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lock down on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is self-quarantining after a guest at a dinner he attended later tested positive for Covid-19....

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from all ECOWAS decision-making bodies with immediate effect. This...

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died, public broadcaster SABC has...

The murder of political activist and singer, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in Ethiopia, which led to protest last week has caused the...

Senegalese President Macky Sall has quarantined himself as a precaution after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for...