A major data breach in Somalia's electronic visa system may have exposed personal information belonging to tens of thousands of applicants, including US citizens, the American embassy in Somalia...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in...

South Sudan's leader Salva Kiir has in a shock move dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor.Kiir stripped Bol Mel...

At least six people have died during a crowd crush at a military recruitment event in a stadium in Ghana.Wednesday's "tragic" crush appeared to have been caused by "an...

Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondentBBCAbdu-Rabbu Ahmed, who worked at the Saudi Hospital throughout the conflict, says he has no hope left for the future of el-FasherA man who escaped the...

Todah OpeyemiBBC Africa, LagosXThe protesters insulted the visitors who had gone for a preview eventProtesters have targeted a new multi-million dollar museum in Nigeria and forced organisers to postpone...

Tiffany Wertheimer and Damian ZaneEPANicholas Oyoo (L) and Bob Njagi (R) were greeted by supporters when they arrived back in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on SaturdayUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has...

EPADonald Trump has said the US will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country. The...

Explosions have been heard near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it would agree to a humanitarian ceasefire.Residents in Khartoum,...

South Africa has skated over the latest criticism from US President Donald Trump, who has said he does not think the country should be part of the G20 any...

Many Ugandans are expressing their pride in the newly elected mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and retains dual nationality.Some have described him as...

Tanzanian police have lifted a night-time curfew imposed since last Wednesday in the main city Dar es Salaam following deadly election protests, as life slowly returns to normal across...