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Tanzania and Uganda agree huge pipeline deal

The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline will bring Ugandan oil to ports in Tanzania

• 23 mins
• 12 Apr 2021

Somalia: President Farmajo’s term extended by two years

Mogadishu’s police chief was sacked after trying to suspend parliament

• 53 mins
• 12 Apr 2021

Somalia: Millions facing severe food shortages

The NGO Save the Children says locust swarms and low rainfall are factors

• 23 mins
• 12 Apr 2021

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99

• 23 mins
• 09 Apr 2021

Ivory Coast: What next for the victims of post-electoral violence?

The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara says former President Gbagbo is welcome to return

• 23 mins
• 08 Apr 2021

Mozambique: Regional leaders offer ‘technical assistance’

Southern African leaders are holding urgent talks to discuss a response to the insurgency

• 53 mins
• 08 Apr 2021

Southern African leaders hold talks on Mozambique insurgency

Six regional leaders met in Maputo to discuss the deadly attacks in northern Mozambique

• 23 mins
• 08 Apr 2021

Kenyans take to Twitter to express anger at IMF loans

#StopLoaningKenya posts, criticising the government and IMF, are abuzz on the social site

• 23 mins
• 07 Apr 2021

Ethiopia accused of ‘intransigence’ over Nile dam

The latest round of talks on the dam between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan end in deadlock

• 53 mins
• 07 Apr 2021

Sudan and Ethiopia 'trade accusations over Nile dam'

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia fail to agree over the Nile dam after days of talks

• 23 mins
• 07 Apr 2021

Tanzania’s President charts a new course

Reviews of Covid-19 response and foreign policy are announced, and media bans lifted

• 23 mins
• 06 Apr 2021

Rwandan weddings shutdown over Covid-19

At least three weddings were found to have breached coronavirus rules

• 53 mins
• 06 Apr 2021

Sudan: West Darfur state of emergency declared

The region has seen increased violence and killings since UN peacekeepers left

• 23 mins
• 06 Apr 2021

Namibia: Meet one of Africa’s youngest MPs

Less than a quarter of Africa’s 12,000 parliamentarians are women

• 23 mins
• 05 Apr 2021

Nigeria: Gunmen attack prison, allowing inmates to escape

Armed men attacked a prison in the city of Owerri, Imo State

• 53 mins
• 05 Apr 2021

Mozambique: Army retakes Palma from militants

Insurgents had overrun the town for several days

• 23 mins
• 05 Apr 2021

Niger inaugurates new president after failed coup

Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in as new president.

• 23 mins
• 02 Apr 2021

Niger has peaceful transfer of power

Mohamed Bazoum becomes the first elected leader to follow another since independence.

• 53 mins
• 02 Apr 2021

Niger: Mohamed Bazoum sworn in as president.

Niger has had its first democratic transfer of power as Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in

• 23 mins
• 02 Apr 2021

Derek Chauvin trial brings racism back into focus

Larry Madowo has been speaking to activists in Minneapolis in the United States

• 23 mins
• 01 Apr 2021