The wildlife body says the cull was necessary as the country was struggling to cope with an overpopulation of elephants along with a withering drought that has left thousands facing food shortages.

The two signed a new naval deal this year after more than a decade of strategic partnership.

Brutal atrocities, like slitting civilians’ throats, have been reported, Human Rights Watch says.

The electoral commission says that any problems that have been highlighted have been corrected.

Infrastructure damaged by Sudan’s war has been repaired but it is not clear if the RSF will co-operate.

Mali’s army said on Tuesday that the capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school, firing gunshots that resonated across the city before dawn.

Gunshots have been ringing out in Bamako with reports that a security base has been targeted.

The House of Lords said the UK had missed the boat and had to play catch-up in the race for Africa’s critical minerals.

The Eswatini government is contemplating shutting down the country’s Editors Forum after a senior journalist had a verbal showdown with Prime Minister Russell Dlamini on Friday.

A bus transporting people to an Eid-el-Maulud celebration collided with a lorry in Kaduna state.

Information management specialist Metrofile reported on Monday it is cutting its dividend for its year to end June on Monday by over a quarter, feeling pressures including that of retrenchment costs in SA and a sizable impairment in Kenya.

The number of female football referees in Africa and worldwide has grown but women like Gbemisola Yusuf remain underrepresented.

The state governor says that jihadist fighters may be among those who have fled.

The three states will have new travel documents under their breakaway alliance “in the coming days”.

Lucara Diamond has recovered another mammoth diamond from a mine in Botswana, its second major find in a month.

Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on Sunday.

One of Europe’s best selling Chinese electric vehicle brands, BYD, launched a showroom in Zambia in September – its fourth market in Africa

The cause of death of the man who stabbed Azali Assoumani is being investigated.

South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, has not held a national poll since independence in 2011.

How using colour to track his bipolar disorder allowed artist Joseph Awuah-Darko to express his emotions.