US Vice President Kamala Harris starts a three-country tour of Africa this weekend, visiting Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia to promote the White House’s positive vision of the continent as the “future of the world”.   

At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday, the latest migrant boat disaster off Tunisia.

A London jury has found Nigeria’s former deputy Senate president guilty of plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney for his sick daughter.

Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars. The decision to commute his 25 year sentence on terrorism charges comes after extensive negotiations between Rwanda and close ally Qatar.

Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide were portrayed in hit Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda”, has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars.

Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

Malian authorities have questioned the “credibility” of a UN report that claimed a significant increase in the number of people killed in 2022 and blamed more than a third of human rights violations on the army.

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi appointed former militia leader Jean-Pierre Bemba as minister of defence in a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, as the country grapples with armed conflict in its restive east.