South Africa's freight rail utility Transnet on Friday said heavy rains have disrupted services on its North East Corridor, which links with countries in southern Africa.
Cameroon has restricted movement along its border with Equatorial Guinea following "several unexplained deaths" from hemorrhagic fever, the health ministry said on Friday.
Access to social media platforms has been restricted in Ethiopia, Internet watchdog NetBlocks said, following violent protests sparked by a rift within the country's Orthodox Church.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national "state of disaster" over the country's power crisis during his State of the Nation address, saying it posted an existential threat to South Africa's economy and society.
The number of endangered elephants, rhinos and other animals in Uganda's reserves is steadily improving, reversing years of declines caused by poachers, traffickers and conflict, a state-run wildlife agency said on Thursday.
South Africa's manufacturing output fell 4.7% year on year in December after falling by a revised 1.8% in November, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.
Hundreds of civilians fled a town near the major eastern Congo city of Goma on Thursday after heavy gunfire that raised fears of M23 rebels advancing into the area.
African governments must be wary of the risks created by rising global competition for the continent's minerals, Botswana's mines minister said, as world powers seek new sources of metals needed for the transition to a lower carbon economy.
As voters in Nigeria ready themselves for the Feb. 25 presidential and legislative elections, consumers in Africa's most populous nation are facing fuel and cash shortages. At a fuel station in the commercial capital Lagos, tempers flare and harsh words are exchanged as motorists wait in line for hours to fill up their tanks at one of the few outlets with petrol left in the area. There are also not enough new banknotes because of a central bank decision to replace old notes with new ones to curb cash in circulation and control double-digit inflation.
UPDATED WITH PARIS REACTION: Algeria recalled its ambassador to Paris on Wednesday, accusing France of orchestrating the escape of an activist it wants for arrest and triggering a new crisis between the countries after months of increasingly warm relations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Sudan on Thursday, part of an African tour seeking to expand influence at a time when Western nations have sought to isolate Moscow with sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Russia's Wagner mercenary group has stopped recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine, Wagner's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday.
The White House on Wednesday dismissed a blog post by a U.S. investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as "utterly false and complete fiction."
Nigeria's Supreme Court on Wednesday prevented the government from enforcing a Friday deadline for citizens to swap old banknotes for new ones, as the International Monetary Fund flagged disruptions to trade and payments.
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely decided to supply the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, but there is no realistic prospect of prosecuting him or others, investigators said Wednesday.
Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Tuesday, replacing him with the former ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Nabil Ammar.
Rwanda's economy is forecast to grow at a slightly slower pace this year before picking up speed again in 2024 and 2025, Finance Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana said on Wednesday.
At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day of heavy fighting in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors said, after local leaders declared their intention to rejoin federal Somalia.
The run-up to a vote is usually a chance for small businesses in Nigeria like Shimatex Prints to cash in on election paraphernalia ranging from hats and flip-flops to tissue boxes and cooking oil labels.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia will continue helping Mali improve its military capabilities, a partnership that has prompted Western concern.
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