The border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda has reopened after weeks of closure over the Ebola outbreak. The move restores a vital trade route for the city of Goma, with many ...

Women in Sè, a village in south-western Benin that is celebrated as the country’s pottery capital, carry on their family traditions.

The UN health body says another 1,102 suspected cases have been reported since May in isolated war zones across the country.

Uganda has launched the first phase of a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from South Africa, bringing home 273 nationals amid rising anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence.

Demonstrators are expected to gather on 7 July to call for democratic reforms and justice for those killed in last year’s ...

Thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations across South Africa calling for tougher action against undocumented ...

A first ray of hope for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the trial of two potential treatments for the virus gets underway.

A Guinean appeals court has reduced former Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana's prison sentence for corruption-related ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Kinshasa on Thursday for a high-level African Union solidarity mission aimed at reinforcing continental support for the Democratic Republic of the ...

Algerians headed to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament in an election shadowed by expectations of low turnout ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health authorities have lost contact with nearly 300 patients who tested ...

Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye has announced an indefinite break from international football following the Teranga Lions' ...