The capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region was covered in smoke on Wednesday as the city was hit by another day of airstrikes, eyewitnesses and authorities told CNN.

Police in Lagos fired tear gas Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators turned up at the Lekki toll gate in a memorial car procession to honor those who died during protests last year in Nigeria's economic hub.

Police in Lagos fired tear gas Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators turned up at the Lekki toll gate in a memorial car procession to honor those who died during protests last year in Nigeria's economic hub.

When Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her son who had earlier left home to join the hundreds of young people protesting against police brutality at the site.

Three children were killed and one person was injured in Monday's airstrikes in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Football's world governing body FIFA says it's "deeply concerned" at images that have recently emerged on social media of the Congolese Under-20 women's national team.

When Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her son who had earlier left home to join the hundreds of young people protesting against police brutality at the site.

It's been a year since Nigerian forces opened fire on peaceful protests at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. At the time, a CNN investigation into what happened sent shock waves around the world. We found that the Nigerian army had fired live rounds into the crowd, killing and wounding several people. Witnesses also told CNN the authorities blocked ambulances from reaching the scene. Twelve months on, and a judicial hearing is finally expected to share its findings. Stephanie Busari reports.

The capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region was hit by at least two airstrikes on Monday, an eyewitness and a spokesman for forces fighting the country's central government told CNN.

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum on Saturday calling for the military to seize power as Sudan grapples with the biggest political crisis in its two-year-old transition.

Two of Africa's Covid experts are clearing out their desks and counting the hours as they prepare to take up new roles offered to them overseas.

Cambridge University is due to return a Nigerian artifact looted during a British raid to its country of origin, in a historic first.

Two of Africa's Covid experts are clearing out their desks and counting the hours as they prepare to take up new roles offered to them overseas.

Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature and speaks to One World about the fact the award has historically been awarded to novelists in the West. Gurnah believes the lack of access to English translation limits some African authors from being considered.

A mob lynched a military police officer after he killed a five-year-old girl when he fired on a car at a checkpoint in the capital of Cameroon's English-speaking South West Region on Thursday, the defense ministry said.

Leprosy has been identified in wild chimpanzees for the first time, according to a new study, in findings that have stunned experts.

CNN's Larry Madowo and Eleni Giokos speak with Peter Murimi, writer, director and producer of documentary "I Am Samuel." The documentary has been banned from releasing in Kenya, which is where the story takes place.

Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the recent Tokyo Olympics, has died aged 25, Athletics Kenya (AK) announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Indigenous food systems preserve 80% of the world's biodiversity. But they are under threat.

Distributing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in some countries while inoculations across Africa lag is "immoral," according to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).