Getty ImagesRescued miners have been taken for medical checksIt will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week,...

AFPDaniel Chapo has become Mozambique's fifth presidentMozambique's new President Daniel Chapo has been sworn in at a low-key ceremony in the capital, Maputo, that was marred by an opposition...

AFPRelatives, union staff and members of the local community have been protesting outside the mineRescuers have spent Tuesday pulling body bags and survivors from a South African mine where...

ReutersMaria Sarungi Tsehai has been a vocal critic of President Samia Suluhu HassanProminent Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai, who has said she was abducted by armed men in Kenya...

The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country's east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war against rebel forces.Footage...

Angela TabiriKnown in Ghana as the Maths Queen, Dr Angela Tabiri is the first African to win The Big Internet Math Off competition - quite an achievement for someone...

Since leaving Mali, Chelle's only job has been a short and unsuccessful stint with Algerian club MC Oran.Now comes another big step up to manage three-time continental champions Nigeria,...

Venâncio Mondlane maintains he won last year's presidential election alleging that the poll was riggedSupporters of Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane have been injured as police tried to break...

The US has accused the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide and imposed sanctions on its leader.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Mohamed...

AFPGhana's former President John Mahama won last month's elections by a landslide but he will be under enormous pressure to meet the expectations of voters as he assumes office.After...

Four young Kenyan men who went missing just before the Christmas holidays have been found alive, family members and rights groups say.Kenya has been gripped by a wave of...

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town...