Police blocked major roads leading into Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and most businesses remained closed ahead of planned anti-government protests.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Thursday that a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile, which has long worried neighbouring countries, is complete and will be officially inaugurated in September.
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The number of civilians killed in South Sudan has soared to the highest in almost five years, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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An African Union helicopter crashed Wednesday at the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least three people, police and witnesses told AFP.
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A peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending decades of conflict in eastern DRC paves the way for "a new era of stability", Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said Monday.
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Kenyan police said Monday that 485 people had been arrested on murder, terrorism, rape and other charges following deadly protests last week.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday sought nomination for a seventh term, a move that would bring him closer to five decades in power.
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The African Union said on Saturday a peace deal signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda was a "significant milestone" in bringing peace to the deeply troubled region.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region.
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The United Nations said Thursday it was "deeply concerned" by violence during protests in Kenya which left at least 16 dead and others with injuries, calling for calm and restraint.
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At least 16 people died in the previous day's protests across Kenya, Amnesty International said on Thursday, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in the capital and beyond.
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Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with eight killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held running battles with police, who flooded Nairobi's streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire.
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A suicide attack in Nigeria's Borno state by a woman allegedly acting for Boko Haram insurgents has killed at least 20 anti-jihadist fighters, militia members told AFP on Saturday.
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Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27, a joint press release from the nations and the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.
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Eritreans face severe rights violations under the three-decade rule of President Isaias Afwerki, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea has said.
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A winter chill hung over the windswept cemetery in South Africa's eastern town of Cradock where the untended graves of four activists assassinated by the apartheid regime were watched over by a monument in their memory, itself in disrepair.
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International journalism watchdogs called on Wednesday for the "immediate release" of the founder of an independent Ethiopian outlet, after he was detained over the weekend.
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A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution.
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The Malian military withdrew from a major base in the centre of the country Friday after it came under a second deadly attack in less than a week, according to multiple sources, as the country faces an uptick in jihadist assaults.
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Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.
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