Unidentified gunmen kill 15 people at baptism in Burkina Faso

Aid groups warn of looming drought, food shortages in Madagascar

Ethiopia confirms rapes committed by soldiers in Tigray

More than 50 killed in fight over water resources in central Asia

Military takes control of 2 provinces in eastern Congo

Egypt, Turkey to hold talks to mend ties

Major malaria vaccine breakthrough in Burkina Faso trial

Ministry confirms 11 dead, 98 injured in train derailment in Egypt

High winds add to problems as South Africa fights Cape Town blaze

Ghana among countries of relative peace in Africa, says ex-head of UN peace operations

Benin’s president Talon wins re-election

At least 10 dead in Congo protests against UN mission

Twitter to open first Africa office to tap fast-growing market

Egyptian archaeologists hail discovery of 3,000-year-old ‘lost city’

Renewed fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region leaves at least 18 dead

Report: Experts begin investigation into Suez Canal blockage

People flee Palma in Mozambique after terrorist attack; many injured

Former president of Ivory Coast free after ICC confirms acquittal

Hope rises for Suez reopening after massive ship partially refloated

Ethiopian prime minister says Eritrean troops to withdraw from Tigray