Nigeria Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika?said on Thursday that his country will ban flights from those countries refusing Nigerian flights permission to land due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictive measures imposed.

The World Health (WHO) Organization says 172 countries are currently engaging with the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, the largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio in the world.

The death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.

Days ahead of a final deadline, activation of a long-planned Algeria-EU trade deal risks unravelling as political and business leaders in the North African country warn it will undermine economic sovereignty.

Algeria's President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has announced that a referendum on a new constitution will be held in just over two months, on 1 November.

Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate, Hichem Mechichi, has unveiled a new government made up of technocrats rather than members of political parties.

The police in Madagascar say 11 out of 31 prisoners who escaped from a facility in the south-east of the country on Sunday have been recaptured.

Talks in Mali aimed at resolving the political situation in the aftermath of last week's coup have ended without agreement.

Illegal gold diggers have destroyed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site in Sudan in the eastern region of the Sahara desert, official say.