US says airstrikes kill 7 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia

The US military says it has killed seven al-Shabaab fighters in a series of airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration steps up efforts against the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa. Read More

Kenya holds memorial service for murdered election official

Kenyans have held a memorial service for the election official who was found tortured and killed shortly before this month's presidential vote. Read More

Sudan's Bashir aims to ease Egypt concerns over Nile dam

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has said that the construction of Ethiopia's controversial Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile River would not impact water supplies to Egypt as feared by Cairo. Read More

Tunisia clerics oppose equal inheritance rights for women

Muslim clerics in Tunisia have voiced opposition to President Beji Caid Essebsi's plan to introduce legislation granting equal inheritance rights to women, contrary to Islamic precepts. Read More

A look at Zimbabwe's first lady, who is accused of assault

A look at Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe, who is accused of assaulting 20-year-old South African model. Read More

Mali ex-jihadist liable for €2.7m for Timbuktu destruction: ICC

A war crimes court says a Malian ex-jihadist caused €2.7 million in damages when he destroyed Timbuktu's fabled shrines in 2012. Read More

UN board: 2 experts likely murdered by DRC militia members

A United Nations board of inquiry said two UN experts were likely murdered in March by militia members from Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-torn Kasai region, but it says further investigations and judicial proceedings are needed to determine the identity and motive of the killers. Read More

Queen Elizabeth II expresses her sadness over Sierra Leone mudslides

The United Kingdom monarch has expressed its sadness over the Sierra Leone disaster that has killed more than 300 people. Read More

1 million South Sudan refugees now in Uganda, UN says

The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in Uganda has reached 1 million, the United Nations has said, a grim milestone for what has become the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis. Read More

Landslide kills 40 in northeast DRC - official

A landslide has killed 40 people after sweeping through a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional official says. Read More

Zuma to take over SADC chairmanship from Swaziland's Mswati III

President Jacob Zuma, will this weekend take over the rotating chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community from Swaziland's King Mswati III. Read More

Gallery: Sierra Leone reels from deadly mudslides

More than 400 people have died and 600 still missing after a mudslide swept away homes on the edge of the capital, Freetown, in one of Africa's worst flood disasters in living memory. Read More