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A rebel leader in Mozambique has been killed following an intense gun battle with government troops in his forest hide-out in central Sofala province, police said. Mariano Nhongo - who led the Renamo Military Junta - was…

Kenya is set to disregard the judgement of The International Court of Justice on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia, due today at 13:00 GMT. The two countries are both claiming a 62,000 sq miles…

Africa will start talks with the World Health Organization about getting the first approved malaria vaccine to the continent as soon as possible, the African Union's top health official said on Thursday, amid calls for…

Moderna plans to invest about $500 million to build a factory in Africa to make up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines each year, including its COVID-19 shot, as pressure grows on the pharmaceutical industry to…

The UN Security Council has been told that increasingly alarming accounts of hunger-related deaths are emerging from the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said, "life-saving…

Events are being held in South Africa to mark the 90th birthday of the Nobel peace prize winner, Desmond Tutu. He's expected to attend a service at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, where he served as the country's…

Officials in South Sudan say 35 people have been killed in 'ethnic clashes in the north of the country. Eighty others were wounded in fighting between the Luacjang, Thiik and Lou Paher people in Warrap state. It's…

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes the diplomatic tension with Algeria will ease soon. "My wish is that we can calm things down because I think it is better to talk to one another, and to make progress."  Macron…

Seven UN officials who had until Sunday to leave Ethiopia have left "for their safety." The organisation's spokesperson, Farhan Haq says. The officials were accused of meddling in the country's internal affairs, especially in relation to…

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, NUMSA, has announced the start of an indefinite strike. The Union is one of the biggest in the country with about 155,000 members. The strike will affect some mining, construction,…