AFRICA

10, 000 South African soldiers have been deployed to assist the overwhelmed relief effort in KwaZulu-Natal province where more than 440 people died and dozens more went missing in floods and mudslides caused by a week-long downpour....

Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) was on Tuesday appointed vice-president of Ivory Coast by President Alassane Ouattara in a possible clue to his succession plans....

Nigeria and Mauritius retained their seats for another four years in the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) after a keenly contested election....

250 of Somali 275 lawmakers alongside 40 of the 54 senators were sworn into office on Thursday at the heavily fortified African Union military base in the capital Mogadishu....

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Monday did not turn up for the resumption of a corruption trial, citing ill health.Zuma, who was ousted from the ruling African National Congress in 2018 after nearly two decades as president has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering relating to a $2bn (£1.5bn) arms deal that date back to the 1990s....

In order for its concerns to be addressed, Rebels from the M23 group have withdrawn their presence from villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo....