Embezzlement trial of DRC's former justice minister continues in his absence

France and Italy boost border controls after migrant influx to Spanish enclave

48,000 migrants return to Morocco after massive influx into Spanish enclave

IMF completes reviews in Egypt unlocking $1.8 billion

Ghana forecasts 16% fall in cocoa production following bad weather and disease

Former Senegalese leader Sall's bid for UN top job in trouble after straw poll

US admits mistake in Africa map that wrongly identified countries

Morocco's King Mohammed VI marks 27th anniversary of accession to throne

DR Congo Ebola epidemic becomes world's second largest outbreak

Russia's Africa Corps killed Mali civilians in air strike - HRW

South Africa pushes Africa migration talks after xenophobic violence

Several drown as hundreds of migrants rush to Spain's Ceuta from Morocco

Nigeria: NAPTIP rescues 202 trafficking victims in Katsina

Burkina Faso media regulator fines Canal+ over free access to state TV

Ghana's government backs extending presidential term from four to five years

Oprah Winfrey to close her school for girls in South Africa

Burkina Faso media regulator fines Canal+ over free access to state TV

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe after killing of at least 19 Malian soldiers

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in intensive care - Wife

South Sudan's president dismisses central bank governor

Drone attack caused fire on gas ships at Mediterranean port, Egypt says

Nigeria deports pangolin scales trafficker to China

Hundreds of migrants swim from Morocco to Spanish territory of Ceuta

Zambia: Economic test looms for next administration

Ebola worsening food insecurity in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns

Veteran Ugandan opposition leader collapses in court and in ICU, his wife says

After a deadly raid, a displaced Nigerian mother finds a lifeline in sewing

DR Congo: Opposition fury as Tshisekedi edges closer to third term

UK court jails Nigerian two years for sexual assault

United Nations extends sanctions against armed groups in Central African Republic

DR Congo says militia linked to Rwanda's genocide agree to surrender

Kenyan security officers killed in suspected Al-Shabaab border ambush

UNICEF says conflict in Sudan's north Kordofan kills 23 children in two months

Ghana hit by nationwide blackout as power plants fail

'No safe options' for thousands sheltering in key Sudan city as RSF fighters advance

Algerian parliament elects Khalida Boufedeche its first woman speaker

Ebola surge puts Tanzania on high alert as Uganda declares Ebola free

Uganda officially Ebola-free, 42 days after last patient discharged

After fleeing Sudan’s war, refugees battle thirst in Chad’s camps

Equatorial Guinea and Gabon resolve 50-year border dispute

Why is Uganda experiencing a food crisis?

Uganda declares end to Ebola outbreak

Businesses in Lagos try to stay afloat as fuel prices soar

Guinean court acquits police colonel in 2009 stadium massacre case