However, a high court judge said the president and his Malawi Congress Party can proceed with a judicial review of alleged irregularities

The herd was fleeing lions, officials say

Orville Isaac Etoria had been held in prison in the southern African state after Trump’s government expelled him.

Victory very unlikely for the incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera

Peter Mutharika has got about 66% of the votes counted so far, putting him ahead of President Lazarus Chakwera.

Female runners won six of Kenya’s seven gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, topping the podium in every event from 800m to the marathon in Tokyo.

The country’s high-stakes vote has been plagued by allegations of cheating, rivalry and arrests, leading to a demand for transparency

Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up.

Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock reverses his retirement for one-day internationals and is recalled by South Africa.

President Duma Boko congratulates the men’s 4x400m relay team for winning gold at the World Athletic Championships.

Kenya make it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.

Friends of the stabbed 21-year-old Kenyan woman recount to the BBC events on the night she went missing.

Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say.

Luca Zidane, the son of France’s World Cup-winning playmaker Zinedine, switches his international allegiance from France to Algeria.

The former president, long dismissed as yesterday’s man, has become the improbable vessel of hope for millions in the poverty-stricken country

The maternity cleaner was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the body tissue when she was picked up.

Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday’s poll.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling’s Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo’s long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé.