A suspected financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, made his first appearance at a UN court in The Hague on Wednesday after decades on the run.

Even before the anti-government protests were set to start in Angola, police had their guard up and were searching pedestrians and setting up roadblocks in the capital Luanda.

Rescue teams out in force on Wednesday in the Mediterranean as they tried to save some 88 people, including children and babies, who have been shipwrecked on a flimsy boat that gave way.

When Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi last month visited some of the areas in the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado that have been hit by an escalating conflict, he was accosted by a man who had an urgent demand.

The United Nations has called on Mozambique to investigate reports that an armed group murdered villagers and beheaded women and children in a violence-wracked northern region.

Professor Puleng LenkaBula has just made history as the first woman principal and vice-chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA) in the school’s 148-year history. According to a statement by the University, the appointment was a unanimous decision made by the Council of the University.

For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Africa may be poised to reshape rapid testing for the virus on the continent.

The Mozambican government is calling for international support to deal with the latest wave of insurgency attacks.

Tanzania’s opposition politician Tundu Lissu on Tuesday fled the country for Brussels, Belgium.