Traffic fines amounting to over N$200,000 have been collected during Operation ZAKAWE in the Kavango East, Kavango West, and Zambezi regions between 03 and 12 August.

Counting of ballots is underway in Zambia following successfully holding general polls on Thursday.

The day started on a good note as people lined up to cast their votes.

President Hakainde Hichilema and his family joined the queue to cast his vote.

The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has implored young people to act as nation-builders, problem solvers and innovators driving sustainable development.

Victims and community representatives affected by the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) marched to Parliament in Nairobi on Wednesday, demanding accountability over alleged abuses.

Protesters marched with placards before submitting a petition, as security officers monitored the demonstration.

Migrants stranded in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta are building makeshift camps along the beach as overcrowded reception centres struggle to cope with the latest migration crisis.

A reported gold discovery in Kenya's West Pokot County has sparked a rush to Cheparor village, drawing fortune seekers hoping to turn what lies beneath the soil into a new source of income.
 

Chadian health teams are stepping up efforts to contain a cholera outbreak that has killed 13 people and infected 239, with response teams going door to door to disinfect homes and curb transmission.

Families living along Kenya's Lake Baringo say rising waters are driving crocodiles and hippos closer to their homes, turning everyday trips for water and food into potentially deadly encounters.

Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda's oldest daughter, Catherine, who died last Saturday while visiting her country, was buried in Lusaka on Thursday.

Members of Venezuela's National Assembly representing Chavismo and a sector of the Venezuelan opposition on Thursday set up a dialogue table backed by the United States in a new attempt to set a political transition on track in the country and agreed to keep talks going through August 12.