Unable to travel overseas for healthcare due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rich and powerful of Zimbabwe are discovering that the country's health system has been crumbling for years and is now in danger of being overwhelmed. David Doyle reports.

Ivory Coast received a shipment of COVID-19 doses from the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility on Friday, becoming the second country to benefit from a programme meant to ensure fairer distribution amid a global scramble.

Nigerian immigration officials blocked a prominent anti-police brutality activist from leaving the country and confiscated her passport, she told Reuters on Wednesday.

A Nigerian who has created a low-cost ventilator for COVID-19 patients could bag the Royal Academy of Engineering's 'Africa Prize'. Soraya Ali reports.

Comedians across Nigeria are hoping laughter could be the best medicine, as they work coronavirus health advice into their routines. Angela Ukomadu reports.

Moi, Kenyan strongman who presided over rampant graft, dies

BREAKING: Chad's President Idriss Deby has died, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.