Scores of Zimbabweans living in SA have stormed the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria, and Several African dignitaries are in Botswana for the memorial and funeral service of former president Sir Ketumile Masire.
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Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, says the UN, warning the outbreak could worsen ahead of the rainy season.
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest game reserves, despite criticism from environmentalists and Unesco.
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Successfully separating conjoined twins is a complex operation that depends on how they are joined as well as the experience and skill of the surgical team, writes Joseph Kimani Wanjeri.
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Nearly 80 police officers were injured in two days of clashes with protesters in Morocco's restive Rif region, an official says, although the number of demonstrators hurt was unknown.
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Newly translated Chinese Ministry of Education records shine light on China's shifting place in the global higher education landscape, Victoria Breeze and Nathan Moore write.
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A tentative deal on nearly $600m in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough negotiations over US demands for a sharp cost reduction, a Security Council diplomat has said.
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Kenya is the first country in Africa to introduce a generic version of the current drug of choice for people living with HIV, officials have said.
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The governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army to beef up operations against a spate of militia attacks there, saying all-out war may be imminent.
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