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03.10.2024 11:31 The award-winning music icon fell ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month, his management says.

03.10.2024 01:52 One of the worst famines in decades could be underway in Sudan, aid workers warn.

03.10.2024 01:52 A drought has caused an electricity crisis as Zambia heavily relies on the hydro-powered Kariba Dam.

02.10.2024 21:11 Most of the passengers were women and children on their way to celebrate the Muslim festival of Mawlid.

02.10.2024 21:11 Aliou Cisse leaves his role as coach of Senegal's national side after a nine-and-a-half-year spell which included winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

02.10.2024 16:04 The crackdown was prompted by complaints from parents worried about their children getting addicted.

02.10.2024 16:04 A bail hearing begins in the case of two black women allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer.

02.10.2024 10:41 Fresh diplomatic attempts to negotiate a cessation of hostilities have failed to make progress.

02.10.2024 10:41 The boats sank just 150 metres from a Djibouti beach, authorities say.

02.10.2024 05:20 Kenya's deputy president, who faces impeachment, branded himself as "the truthful man".

02.10.2024 00:01 DR Congo-born Dikembe Mutombo has been hailed for his humanitarian work across Africa following his death aged 58 from brain cancer.

01.10.2024 14:10 Young lawyer David Morara Kebaso has attracted a huge following for exposing alleged corruption.

01.10.2024 14:10 Bola Tinubu says his controversial reforms are bearing fruit - protesters take to the streets regardless.

01.10.2024 14:10 Africans studying in Beirut are having to weigh up whether or not they should leave the country.

01.10.2024 09:20 Lawmakers are threatening to oust the deputy president after accusing him of undermining the government.