Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema says he is happy with the competition of about 14 candidates in the presidential race, describing it as healthy for democratic dispensation.
Hichilema disclosed that he is not threatened by competition because that is how it should be.
In line with the regional initiative aimed at curbing the proliferation of illegal weapons in the SADC region, Botswana has destroyed 299 firearms.
The firearms were either confiscated from criminals engaging in cross-border robberies or voluntarily surrendered to the Botswana Police Service.
The 9th Southern African Development Community-SADC Industrial Week has concluded in Durban, South Africa, with the region agreeing to accelerate industrialisation.
Inspired by a promise to his late blind grandmother, a 23-year-old South African computer science student has taken his AI-powered smart glasses for blind and visually impaired people to the global stage at the LEAP East technology competition in Hong Kong.
At least three people were killed after torrential rain triggered severe flooding and a landslide in the coastal city of Limbe, south-west Cameroon, early Wednesday.
Footage shows fast-moving floodwater sweeping through streets as residents and vehicles struggle through the deluge.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for greater investment in African-owned infrastructure as leaders, financiers and investors gathered in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday for the Africa50 General Shareholders' Meeting and the Infra for Africa Forum.
Emergency teams continued search, rescue and damage assessments across Freetown on Tuesday after hours of torrential rain flooded homes, tore through roads and triggered slope collapses across the Sierra Leonean capital.
US President Donald Trump said Iran wouldn't be 'charging' for the use of the Strait of Hormuz – and that he wouldn't let them 'take charge' – as he spoke from the White House in DC on Monday.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union are stepping up efforts to eliminate preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
This will be done by strengthening health systems, improving domestic health financing and enhancing accountability across Africa.
Visually impaired students returned to their specialist school in Khartoum following three years of civil war despite the center sustained damages.
A number of students were seen inside the institute receiving lessons in Braille and in the institute's corridors and courtyard.
