South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has lost a legal bid to stop a new party from using the name and logo of its former armed wing.

Under the beaming lights of New York's iconic Times Square, Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya is attempting an ambitious challenge to break the record for the longest chess marathon.

Nigerian socialite and businessman Cubana Chief Priest has become the latest local celebrity to be charged with abusing banknotes.

The United Nations on Tuesday said it was seeking to raise $1 billion to boost humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, which has been hit by conflict, drought and floods.

Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby kicked off his presidential campaign on Sunday for an election next month meant to end three years of military rule on a promise to strengthen security and boost the economy.

Rwanda's drug regulator has recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab children's cough syrup as a precautionary measure after its Nigerian counterpart said laboratory tests found high levels of toxicity.

Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities and vowed to mount a legal challenge to what one opposition politician called the "dictatorial" move.

A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three soldiers from a southern African military force.

Emergency services have been rescuing passengers who were trapped in a bus that was swept away by floods on a busy highway in northern Kenya.