One of Mozambique's richest women, Valentina Guebuza, has been shot dead by her husband in a case of domestic violence, police say.

Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has said he is ready to lead the party.

The daughter of former Mozambique president Armando Guebuza, Valentina Guebuza, is reported to have been shot dead in the capital Maputo.

The number of would-be migrants travelling through Niger to reach Libya and from there Europe dwindled to less than 2,000 in November from 70,000 in May, the European Union (EU) says.

A suicide car bomb has exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theatre in the capital Mogadishu, police have told Reuters news agency.

Footprints made by early humans millions of years ago have been uncovered in Tanzania close to where similar tracks were found in the 1970s.

The king of a region in Uganda has been charged with terrorism at a hearing in the east of the country before a courtroom packed with royal supporters.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared that his administration would construct additional 400 dams to boost irrigation across the country before the expiration of his term in 2019.

We're expecting the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to arrive in The Gambia today in an attempt to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down after he lost the election.

The US has announced an additional $92m (£73m) in aid for people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency and food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region.

A court in Italy is due to sentence the captain of a migrant ship after 700 people died in the boat he was piloting in April.

Kenya's Labour Relations Court has declared the doctors strike in the country illegal and ordered them to resume work immediately, reports say.

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is expected on Tuesday to lead a high level delegation of African heads of state aiming to solve the political impasse in the Gambia, the country’s president-elect Adama Barrow has said.

Gambia’s opposition coalition led by President-elect Adama Barrow has stated that it is unconstitutional for outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to appoint judges to hear his election petition.

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.