Aged nine to 17, including five girls, have been kidnapped

Congolese troops patrolling the village of Mwenda earlier this year. The village lies in an area that is notorious for attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)

11 children abducted by presumed Islamist militants in DR Congo

Illegal miners go on rampage, blocking roads and looting

Police in Copperbelt province arrived around 1 AM and initially asked the illegal miners to peacefully leave the mine premises

Riot erupts in Zambian town after police disperse 1,000 illegal miners

The jabs will be allocated and distributed in the framework of the (African Union's) African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) and Covax

France will be providing 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines for Africa over the next three months

France sending 10 mn vaccine doses to Africa

Some victims hacked to death, others shot, says official

The bodies were discovered after a search for missing people in a nearby forest

19 civilians killed in suspected rebel attack in Dem. Rep. of Congo

Hichilema tasks new Finance Minister Musokotwane to revive debt burdened economy

Musokotwane had served as the finance minister also in 2008-2011 under former President Rupiah Banda's administration

Zambian president appoints first Cabinet minister

Now privatized national carrier to resume operations on Sept. 23

The airline is now owned by the government and a private equity partner, which is a majority shareholder

'Wait is finally over': South African Airways to start flying again next month

According to local civilian sources, the victims, who included two women, had been held by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which the US says is linked to the Islamic State group

Soldiers with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) on patrol during the Ituri conflict in 2015.

16 hostages killed in DR Congo's restive east

Second batch within 1 week delivered

Apart from Johnson and Johnson, other vaccines, namely Sinopharm, AstraZeneca and Pfizer are also being administered to an eligible adult population of about 3.6 million

Zambia receives 151,200 doses of vaccine from US

366 other migrants rescued by Tunisian coast guard

Coast guards, in cooperation with the Libyan Navy, also managed to rescue 366 other migrants after their boat broke out off Tunisia’s Zarzis coast

Red Crescent: 17 migrants drown off Tunisia cost

The pilot found his way to an army base "where he was finally rescued"

Nigeria's airforce said one of its fighter planes was "returning from a successful air interdiction mission" on Sunday when it "came under intense enemy fire which led to its crash in Zamfara state"

Nigerian fighter jet shot down by criminals, pilot survives

So far they have recorded 11,622 coronavirus cases and 155 deaths

Nearly 26,800 doses have been given in the country and 8,810 people, or 0.9% of the population, have been fully vaccinated

Djibouti receives more COVID-19 jabs as vaccination drive underway

1,209 COVID deaths have been reported since beginning of crisis

Senegal registered 674 new cases Thursday after reporting a new daily record of 733 infections Wednesday

Senegal seeing significant rise in Delta variant cases

Faced with rising infections and deaths, president extended nationwide lockdown restrictions on Tuesday

The Southern African country was hit by a second wave between January and March, and the third wave is currently underway

Zimbabwe confirms record daily COVID-19 deaths

8 suspected collaborators of armed group lynched in Ituri province, says army

CODECO has reportedly been linked to more than 1,000 deaths since 2017

22 killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

The migrants, all from sub-Saharan Africa, had been trying to reach Europe

Migrants on a wooden boat are rescued by a patrol vessel of the Tunisia Navy, seen from the migrant search and rescue vessel MV Seefuchs of the German NGO Sea-Eye in the search and rescue zone south of the Al Jurf Oilfield in international waters off the coast of Libya, September 30, 2017.

21 migrants' bodies retrieved off Tunisia

Attackers disrupt peace prayer organized in southwest Osogbo city

Attackers also vandalized vehicles parked within the premises of the mosque

11 children abducted by presumed Islamist militants in DR Congo

Riot erupts in Zambian town after police disperse 1,000 illegal miners

France sending 10 mn vaccine doses to Africa

19 civilians killed in suspected rebel attack in Dem. Rep. of Congo

Zambian president appoints first Cabinet minister

'Wait is finally over': South African Airways to start flying again next month

16 hostages killed in DR Congo's restive east

Zambia receives 151,200 doses of vaccine from US

Red Crescent: 17 migrants drown off Tunisia cost

Nigerian fighter jet shot down by criminals, pilot survives

Djibouti receives more COVID-19 jabs as vaccination drive underway

Senegal seeing significant rise in Delta variant cases

Zimbabwe confirms record daily COVID-19 deaths

22 killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

21 migrants' bodies retrieved off Tunisia

1 killed, 14 injured in attack on Muslim group in Nigeria

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11 children abducted by presumed Islamist militants in DR Congo

Riot erupts in Zambian town after police disperse 1,000 illegal miners

France sending 10 mn vaccine doses to Africa

19 civilians killed in suspected rebel attack in Dem. Rep. of Congo

Zambian president appoints first Cabinet minister

'Wait is finally over': South African Airways to start flying again next month

16 hostages killed in DR Congo's restive east

Zambia receives 151,200 doses of vaccine from US

Red Crescent: 17 migrants drown off Tunisia cost

Nigerian fighter jet shot down by criminals, pilot survives

Djibouti receives more COVID-19 jabs as vaccination drive underway

Senegal seeing significant rise in Delta variant cases

Zimbabwe confirms record daily COVID-19 deaths

22 killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

21 migrants' bodies retrieved off Tunisia

1 killed, 14 injured in attack on Muslim group in Nigeria