Police say eight students have been arrested in connection with the suspected arson attack in which 16 pupils died.

It also increase penalties for the distribution of counterfeit notes and refusal to accept notes and coins issued by the Central Bank of West African States.

It is the latest salvo in the ongoing crackdown on independent organisations by the military authorities which seized power in a 2022 coup.

South Africa's border police stopped a truck from Malawi that was driving into the country with drugs worth nearly one billion rand ($61 million), authorities said on Thursday.

Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa.

In the eastern Congolese town of Rwampara, silence hung heavy over the general hospital as healthcare workers in full protective suits carried bodies into disinfected coffins.

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are racing to contain a new Ebola outbreak, as medical teams establish quarantine zones in densely populated communities amid fears the virus could spread rapidly.

For thousands of displaced families, returning home will depend on lasting peace and improved security in their communities.

A M23 rebel group spokesperson downplayed concerns about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a team from the World Health Organisation visited a treatment centre in Nyiragongo Tuesday.

Political tensions are escalating in the Democratic Republic of Congo as major opposition parties form a new coalition against a possible constitutional revision proposed by the government of Félix Tshisekedi.