Gun-toting police officers have occupied most of Island Lagos, on the one-year anniversary of the Lekki toll gate shooting of …
Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face imminent drought, floods or extreme heat, …
South Africa’s health products regulator said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could …
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as …
Makerere University has said it is designing a 1,500 postgraduate students’ hall of residence within its campus to be named …
The United States government exchange alumni-led organisation, in collaboration with the country’s Consulate General, has launched a Street to School …
Nigeria will require civil servants to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease to …
South Africa and Kenya are two of the countries taken off the UK’s red list. This means that travellers from …
According to the statement, Nigerians that arrive in the country before the date are expected to follow the rules for …
The government had also increased the national budget for the fiscal year from N13.98 trillion to N16.45 trillion. The report …
President Emmanuel Macron will host a conference on Africa on Friday billed as a summit but with no other leaders …
Nigeria was missing from the list of 50 countries whose vaccination certificates are accepted. COVID-19 vaccine certificates obtained in Nigeria …
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike. The doctors went on strike on August 1 …
South Africa is among a number of African countries that have been red-listed by the United Kingdom, meaning travel from …
Dom Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Mozambique’s first black priest and later its first cardinal, has died at the age …
World Bank Chief David Malpass, in Sudan on Thursday for the first visit in nearly 40 years by a head …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new Covid-19 vaccination certificate, which he said would ease travel and access …
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that a ban on the services of social media app, Twitter, be lifted in Nigeria. …
Algeria on Wednesday started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, with production expected to be eight million …
Pope Francis has urged Nigeria to guarantee the safety of all citizens in the country in the wake of deadly …
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Mr Cui Jianchn, has said the Chinese government is ready …
Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. He was …
Shycocan Corporation, in partnership with Nestar Corporate Services Limited, has officially launched the Shycocan Virus Attenuation Device in Nigeria. The …
Theoneste Bagosora was nicknamed the “Himmler of Rwanda” or the “Colonel of the Apocalypse”. After reaching the highest circles of …
Kenyan nurses set to work in the UK will earn more than double their current pay if they are put …
The Kenyan film board says that a documentary film about the life of a gay couple in Kenya has been …
The UK parliamentary committee that scrutinises British aid has described funding cuts to several African countries as outrageous and hypocritical. …
The US Embassy in Kenya has introduced a waiver for the need for interviews for eligible applicants whose visa has …
Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir, died in Kano State on Wednesday. A presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed the death …
The Kenyan and British governments say they are working on a system to recognise Covid vaccine certificates issued in both …
The US justice department says that $26.6m (£20m) seized from Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue will be spent …
The US government has donated 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Uganda. This is the largest single consignment …
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 76th Session of the United Nations …
A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been convicted of …
The former president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died after a long illness at the age of 84. Bouteflika led …
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service on …
Kenya will next year start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical firms in a move aimed at …
Zimbabwe-born Tapiwa Guzha is on a mission to change the way Africans see their food at his Cape Town ice …
Kenyans online are expressing their outrage following a sharp rise in the cost of fuel. The country’s energy regulator Epra, …
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has revealed that the rate of kidnapping across Nigeria has increased by 169 …
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has announced the country’s first woman defence minister. Stergomena Tax replaces Elias Kwandikwa, who died in …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday his intention to introduce a “vaccine passport”, amid widespread mistrust of the …
The African Union has followed in the footsteps of regional bloc Ecowas and suspended Guinea, as punishment for last Sunday’s …
A book that discusses the life of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe, published by the Richard Mahomva led Leader for …
The government in Zimbabwe is asking its employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or resign. It says the move is …
A Ugandan martial arts enthusiast who learned from Kung Fu masters in China aims to spread Kung Fu skills and …
Tunde Ososanya Lydia and Linda Awui were born conjoined from the lower portion of their chest and abdomen and shared …
Special Forces who seized power in Guinea on Sunday, capturing President Alpha Conde, announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice” …
