Niger Prime Minister Brigi Rafini visited the two villages that suffered massive casualties when members of suspected militants killed more than 100 people.

Pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and BioNTech will supply up to 50 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to Africa, starting from March 2021.

Some Kenyan students in Kisumu county, close to the overflowing Lake Victoria, are forced to take a boat to school, only to find waterlogged classrooms and no teachers on site. Public schools have reopened in Kenya following a closure ordered by the government in March 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The Central African Republic has launched an investigation into former President Francois Bozize, whom the government accuses of plotting a coup before last month’s elections.

The former head of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested on charges of “complicity in crimes against humanity”, French anti-terror prosecutors said on Monday.

The death toll in an attack on villages in Niger's restive border regions has risen to more than 100, the country's prime minister said on Sunday.

Several armed groups attacked and took over Bangassou town, located more than 700 kilometers from Bangui in the Central African Republic.

Talented Nigerian singer and songwriter, Peruzzi, recently shared how much his life and career had changed after meeting and working with DMW boss, Davido.

Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold further talks this month to resolve their long-running dispute over Addis Ababa’s huge dam on the Blue Nile, Sudan’s water ministry said.