A riot has broken out at the central prison in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, with smoke billowing from the facility after the confirmation of a coronavirus case there.

Zimbabwe farmers started selling their tobacco crop on Wednesday after the coronavirus outbreak delayed the opening of auctions, which provide vital foreign currency inflows, by more than a month.

The Lesotho senate continues to pile pressure on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to resign.

Music star Davido does not have Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson and her husband, Odi Okojie in his good books.

An Ivorian court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who has been living in exile since December 2019, to 20 years in prison for corruption.

A Nigerian woman put up for sale on Facebook in Lebanon has been rescued - days after a man suspected of involvement in the advert was arrested.

Chad on Tuesday abolished the death penalty for terrorist acts, quashing an exception that was on the books for four years, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP.

For the third time as many weeks, the novel Coronavirus has claimed the life of a Ghanaian nurse in the United States (US).

Kenya’s economy grew by 5.4% in 2019, down from 6.3% the previous year, partly because of a slowdown in the agricultural, manufacturing and construction sectors, finance minister Ukur Yatani said on Tuesday.