As COVID-19 caseload surpassed 225,105 on Saturday across the African continent, 43 African countries are now under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus.

Residents in Magale Town Council in Namisindwa District are counting losses after their crops were destroyed by mudslides and floods.

More than 20 senior United Nations officials from different African countries have spoken about their outrage at systemic racism and police brutality in the United States and across the world.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has said that there has been an upsurge on sexual-based violence as a result of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic.

Ghanaian young striker Adom Ibrahim, 20, has been confirmed dead in Denmark after drowning in a swimming pool.

South Africa's president says it has been a "dark and shameful week" for his country following a surge in violence against women.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into a shooting incident inside the grounds of his official residence involving security guards.

Sudan will begin rolling out an experimental programme of direct cash transfers to its neediest citizens next week as it tries to wean the country off costly subsidies.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has undergone "successful" heart surgery at the royal palace's clinic in Rabat, the state news agency MAP reported.