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President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that he was at end of “patronising” and “disrespectful” phone calls from European officials alerting him of a travel ban after South Africa reported the discovery of the new Covid-19 variant…

More than two million people in Mozambique are at risk of acute hunger, the government has said. This is more critical in the jihadist-hit northern province of Cabo Delgado where 932,136 people are at risk. Maputo city has the…

Many prisoners are feared dead after a fire broke out in the main prison in Burundi's capital, Gitega, on Tuesday. Images shared online show bodies of people thought to be prisoners. Authorities in Burundi haven’t yet…

A Kenyan police officer shot dead his wife and five other people before turning the gun on himself in a shocking incident in Kabete town outside the capital Nairobi. Neighbours say they heard gunshots in the early hours of…

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Democratic Republic of Congo national and 12 companies linked to him for allegedly providing support to blacklisted Israeli businessman Dan Gertler. The US Treasury in a statement…

The runner-up in The Gambia's presidential election, Ousainou Darboe, has said he plans to challenge the result in which the incumbent, Adama Barrow, won with 53% of the vote. Mr. Darboe, said "his team was collecting evidence…

A Zimbabwe court has dropped charges of inciting violent anti-government protests levelled against journalist and government critic, Hopewell Chin’ono. The court said prosecutors had failed to specify how a series of tweets…

Health officials say the new coronavirus variant Omicron has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections. Some 8,500 new Covid infections were registered in the latest daily figures;…

Two women entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo have founded a mobile app that helps keep taxi users safe. Ursula Ndombele and Magalie Bueyasadila founded 'Hoja app' that helps people get information about their…

South Africa has recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since Monday. Health officials say "the newly discovered Omicron variant may be fuelling the surge, although it isn't…