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Unions representing government workers in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday they had accepted an offer of higher pay as a provisional step in long-running negotiations. Cecilia Alexander, chairperson of the Apex…

Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, giving…

Botswana’s court of appeal on Wednesday dismissed an opposition bid to challenge election results that enabled President Mokgweetsi Masisi to secure a five-year term. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)…

African Union leaders are expected to renew calls for greater involvement in efforts to resolve Libya’s long-running conflict at a summit held on Thursday in the Republic of the Congo.…

The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria since the beginning of January has risen to 41 as cases were confirmed in more regions, Nigeria’s disease control agency said. The…

Protests broke out in multiple cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Tuesday as public anger grew over the government’s response to the abduction of more than two dozen university students,…

Africa is on the frontlineof climate change, and it is crucial to listen to voices from the continent in global discussions about the crisis, Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate told AFP…

Prosecutors in the Mauritania, where homosexuality is outlawed, have detained and charged 10 young men after a video presented as a “gay marriage” surfaced, a legal source said on Tuesday.…

Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos plans to take legal action against media who published a vast enquiry dubbed “Luanda Leaks” about the origin of her fortune, according to a statement…