The U.N. rights chief said on Monday she was "deeply disturbed" by reports of continued violations including executions in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and added that a long-awaited joint investigation should be ready by August.
Ghana aimed to plant at least 5 million trees in a single day on Friday to help regrow the country's lost forests and curb the impacts of climate change, the president said.
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack.
Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.
The African Union has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mali's ousted interim president and prime minister have been freed after they were detained by the military and later resigned, an aide to the vice president said on Thursday.
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants killed at least 22 civilians with knives and machetes in an overnight raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Wednesday.
Mali's interim president and prime minister resigned on Wednesday, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish bash attended by thousands of ruling party faithful.
Amnesty International yesterday urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where atrocities are being committed.
Liberia reopened its land border crossings shut down during the Ebola outbreak, a positive sign in a nation that was the epicenter of the deadly virus.
Nigeria's elections will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP in an interview yesterday, saying that Boko Haram fighters who forced the delay would be defeated within the coming six weeks.