Source: BBC Africa News Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been buried hours after he collapsed in court and died on Monday. His lawyer told the AFP news agency the former leader had been buried in eastern Cairo early on Tuesday morning with his family present. Morsi, who was 67, had been...

Source: BBC Africa News A woman with symptoms "similar to those exhibited by Ebola patients" is being treated in an isolation ward in a hospital in the west of Kenya, a statement from Kericho county government says. The staff took all necessary precautions and made sure that "there was minimal...

Protest leaders in Sudan have said they have broken off contact with the ruling military council that replaced ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. They accused it of being composed of "remnants" of Mr Bashir's regime. Thousands of protesters have gathered outside army HQ in Khartoum for a meeting to announce...

Organisers of mass protests in Sudan have told the BBC they want the full dismantling of the "deep state" left behind by ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. Source: BBC AFRICA NEWS A spokesman said leaders of the past regime should be put on trial. Mr Bashir was toppled by the army last week after...

Outgoing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has asked his country for "forgiveness" in a letter published by the Algerian Press Service. The president, who has been in power for 20 years, said he was "proud" of his contributions but realised he had "failed in [his] duty". He added that he was "leaving...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says that Cyclone Idai, which hit southern Africa 12 days ago, wiped out a whole year's worth of crops across swathes of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. WFP Executive Director David Beasley told the BBC that farmers had lost everything and the aid effort urgently...

A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protests. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission strongly criticised authorities for using troops to quell demonstrations. Unrest broke out more than a week ago following a sharp...

Two African presidents have congratulated Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi for winning last month's presidential poll, despite the African Union saying it had "serious doubts" about the result. The constitutional court ruled that Mr Tshisekedi had won after rejecting a challenge...

A petition to stop a man being deported back to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Christmas Day has been signed by more than 3,000 people. Otis Bolamu worked for the DR Congo government before seeking asylum in Swansea, the petition said. It added friends told him he was suspected of spying for the opposition...

Thirteen more bodies have been recovered in California, bringing the death toll in the US state's deadliest wildfire to 42, officials say. The remains were found in and around the largely incinerated town of Paradise, in the north of the state. At least 228 people are missing as the Camp Fire continues...