Africa

South Africa's Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has handed herself over to police a day after she resigned over corruption...

South Africa's Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has resigned after police raided her home during a corruption investigation. Ms Mapisa-Nqakula...

  Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster on Wednesday due to a terrible drought that is sweeping across much of...

Puntland, a semi-autonomous territory, has announced that it will withdraw from the country's federal system and govern freely until constitutional...

  Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has announced Ousmane Sonko, a popular opposition figure and political ally, as...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma escaped a car collision caused by a drunk driver, according to police. The incident...

The son of Guinea-Bissau's ex-president has been sentenced to over six years in prison by a US court for leading...

Ethiopia's largest bank says it has recovered almost three-quarters of the $14m (£12m) it lost in a glitch that allowed...

Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as favourite to win Senegal's presidential election, after several rivals conceded. Millions took...

President Bola Tinubu on Thursaday says his administration is sustaining investments in digital technology to enhance the sustainability of small...