Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal "safe and sound" on a chartered military plane, authorities say.

Zambia's government is accused of 'hypocrisy' as fallout from ex-president's death deepens.

The defendants were accused of attempting a coup - but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.

The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.

Sculptor Alan B Herriot is selected to create the statue which will stand in the city's Nelson Mandela Place.

Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.

The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.

Police search ex-President Chakwera's residence after a suspect said the dogs were being kept there.

The military takeover comes as the West African nation was awaiting the results of Sunday's election.

After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.

Nigerian officials dispute reports that some 250 children remain missing after another mass school kidnap.

Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.

The police deny little is being done to find the 250 pupils and accuses the school of not co-operating.

Efforts to negotiate an end to the war, which has displaced 12 million people, remain unfruitful.

The opposition has been rallying people to gather on that day to protest against post-poll killings.

News of his death has shocked many at home in Nigeria, prompting an outpouring of grief.

Tutu Melaku says it is an "injustice" that her mother is denied travel from Ethiopia for the event.

The raid on a Catholic school came amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the West African nation.