The Guinean government has announced a ban on political demonstrations across the country until further notice, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany have threatened sanctions against those obstructing inter-Libyan talks. The talks are aimed at establishing transitional institutions until elections slated for December 2021.

Like all mothers-to-be, Berekhti Burro dreamt of bringing new life into the world in a safe place, with love and care at home to give her baby the best start.

Burundi has told the United Nations secretary general that the office of the organisation's special envoy must shut by the end of the year.

The Confederation of Africa Football President Ahmad Ahmad has been slapped with a 5-year ban by the world football governing body FIFA.

Gunmen killed five worshippers and kidnapped at least 18 in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said.

Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya was in Senegal on Sunday as part of the Spanish government's diplomatic response to the steady built-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from West African countries.

A Rwandan national was killed and two others sustained serious injuries on Friday night after being shot by Rwandan security operatives, who accused them of smuggling crude waragi (local gin) into Rwanda from Uganda.

As night falls on Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, Sore Ouesseni sits on a wooden bench, relaxing with some friends in front of his store in the Ouidi district.