Peter Mutharika has got about 66% of the votes counted so far, putting him ahead of President Lazarus Chakwera.

The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war crimes'.

The British-Egyptian activist is one of six people whose sentences President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi commuted, according to state media.

Female runners won six of Kenya’s seven gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, topping the podium in every event from 800m to the marathon in Tokyo.

Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up.

Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock reverses his retirement for one-day internationals and is recalled by South Africa.

President Duma Boko congratulates the men's 4x400m relay team for winning gold at the World Athletic Championships.

Friends of the stabbed 21-year-old Kenyan woman recount to the BBC events on the night she went missing.

Officials are on high alert after the 2019 presidential election result was annulled due to vote tampering.

Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say.

Local activists and residents describe the early morning attack on worshippers.

The maternity cleaner was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the body tissue when she was picked up.

For 24 years, Shankar endured a lonely existence - including at least 13 spent in solitary confinement.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Some commercial workers in Afriland Towers jumped out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.

Despite opposition to the deal, Ghana's president says 40 more deportees will arrive from the US.

The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday's poll.

A specialist took the gold artefact from a Cairo museum and sold it through a jeweller, officials say.

Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September.

Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo's long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé.