Nations reviewing their dependence on French reflects the deep divide between Paris and capitals across the Sahel – which could have long-term economic implications
The presence doesn’t appear to have changed since Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a suspicious plane crash last year
The bodies of more than 400 followers of the Good News International Church have been exhumed from the Shakahola forest
South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the parliament speaker with corruption
Dozens of armed groups operate in north-western and central Nigeria, targeting villagers and travellers for ransom
Thousands of South Africans are lining up for water
The search engine logo for 20 March, as it appears to users in the North African country, commemorates the day it achieved independence from French rule in 1956
A petrol canister and a medical kit were found near the boat
Nearly a million people live in areas of northern Morocco where cannabis is the main economic activity
The monks were killedat the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Cullinan
At least one pupil was shot and is receiving medical attention
The South African navy has been brought in to help with a search for Joslin Smith
Zimbabwe hit with sanctions over ‘gross abuses’ of human rights violation and corruption
Zimbabwe has started an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children
Craze for Chinese medicine products behind rising numbers killed, prompting warning animal could be endangered like elephants
Students take out protest against lack of safety around Nairobi National Park
Prosecutors say Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended
Geingob, the first prime minister of independent Namibia, was receiving cancer treatment
Watch from a neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday 2 February where at least two people were killed and hundreds injured after a lorry carrying gas exploded.
Government spokesperson says lorry exploded ‘igniting huge ball of fire’
Russell Cook aims to do 360 marathons having already raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity
More than 200 people were there as shaft fell in, and fears grow death toll could rise
The 29-year-old claims he strangled man on orders of drug dealer in shocking confession at inquiry
Health experts hope about 6.6 million children will be given jabs this year and next across 20 African countries
US embassy in Port Moreby says shots were fire near compound as China lodges protest
The South African former athlete has been released on parole to finish his sentence
The South African former athlete has been released on parole to finish his sentence
Watch live from outside a South African prison on Friday, 5 January, after Oscar Pistorius was released on parole after serving nine years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius is to be released from prison on parole having served half of a 13-year sentence for murder
Pistorius will be under the supervision of South Africa's Department of Correctional Services
Oscar Pistorius murdered Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through a locked toilet door with a pistol
The knifeman reportedly attempted to escape the police by running into the sea before he was caught
Many suffered injuries in explosion, with dozens currently hospitalised for severe burns
17 targetted communities during ‘senseless and unprovoked’ attacks on Saturday and Sunday
More than 2,250 people have lost their lives in central part of Mediterranean this year
Security issues, political apathy and insufficient funding threaten to derail Africa’s boldest conservation project
Safina Namukwaya became one of the oldest women to give birth when she delivered girl and boy at Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in Uganda
Parole board approves former Paralympic champion’s bid to be released early
As the UK hosts a food security summit, Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to mothers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan about the constant struggle for meals – with Save the Children saying that one child will be born into hunger every two seconds this year
Route altered after British surgeon shot dead at wheel of hire car
35 elephants suddenly dropped dead in 2020, and no one could explain why, yet these new findings may just be the answer
35 elephants suddenly dropped dead in 2020, and no one could explain why, yet these new findings may just be the answer
Andreas Hoberg found after three days inside park inhabited by lions, buffaloes, leopards, elephants ‘and all the expected dangerous wildlife found in the bush’
Andreas Hoberg found after three days inside park inhabited by lions, buffaloes, leopards, elephants ‘and all the expected dangerous wildlife found in the bush’
Police said trio killed in ‘cowardly’ attack on Tuesday while touring Queen Elizabeth National Park