Authorities are offering a 400,000-rand reward for information that could lead to arrests as the investigation continues.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America is in shambles after four of his supporting acts quit over a row about political speech.

Veteran Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs has died at the age of 84, his family announced on Wednesday.

The latest measures are being imposed under a section of US immigration law allowing visa restrictions when an individual's entry could have serious adverse foreign-policy consequences.

Over a million "vulnerable people" in conflict-hit South Sudan could lose access to "lifesaving" food and nutritional assistance as soon as next month, as humanitarian organisations struggle to meet demands with a lack of funds, the UN's World Food Programme is warning.

Nigerian authorities have uncovered another suspected methamphetamine laboratory linked to Mexican nationals, raising concerns over attempts by international drug networks to establish production sites in the country.

Amnesty International is urging Algeria to abandon plans to resume executions. After deadly wildfires swept across the country’s northeast last month, President Tebboune called to impose the death penalty on people who start the fires. He said child abductors and abusers should also be executed.

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Cairo on Tuesday for talks on regional security.

The World Athletics Championships are heading to Africa for the first time as Kenya's capital Nairobi was confirmed Tuesday as host of the 2029 edition of track and field's premier event.

President Donald Trump dismissed the report and its concerns over supplies, insisting US ammunition stocks are “virtually unlimited”.

The furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle.

Police fired tear gas as clashes erupted in Kinshasa on Tuesday between opposition supporters and pro-government activists during a rally against a proposed constitutional change, AFP journalists saw.

As Nigeria heads into the 2027 elections, thousands of internally displaced people say they still feel forgotten. In one makeshift camp in the outer suburbs of the capital Abuja, those chased from their homes by a jihadist insurgency have little to show for their struggles.

A judicial commission set up by South Africa's president to investigate explosive claims by a top cop linking politicians to criminal gangs began its public hearings on Wednesday, weeks after a delayed start.

Electric vehicles are the latest way to get around Kenya's game reserves - despite the lack of charging points.

The World Health Organization says more than 500 people were killed in one week, fuelling fears Yemen could slide back into a full-scale civil war.

A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police.

Hundreds of protestors gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa to voice their opposition against a government-proposed constitutional amendment

The price of a tonne of copper had also risen during the week of September 7–12, 2026, reaching $14,461.25, compared with $14,350.20 the previous week, an increase of 0.77% per tonne.