The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered television and radio stations across the country not to divulge “details” of the …
A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official …
Ethiopia’s media regulator has suspended the licence of Addis Standard newspaper over what it termed as “advancing the terrorist group’s …
A fugitive Kenyan policewoman who was accused of shooting dead two men has been found dead at her parents’ home. …
The first batch of six A-29 Tucano aircraft ordered by the Federal Government for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has …
Rwanda has put its capital Kigali back under total lockdown for 10 days effective July 17 as the country battles …
A Kenyan lawyer accused of bribing witnesses in a failed International Criminal Court case is to face trial in The …
Tanzania is set to receive 300,000 Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax scheme. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima said healthcare workers …
A man’s chilling confession to killing at least 10 children has topped Kenyan newspaper headlines. Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, was …
The South African government has sought to deploy about 25,000 troops to curb unrest, now in its sixth day, amid …
Nigeria expects to receive nearly 8 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of August, including from a …
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Rio de Janeiro, demanding President Jair Bolsonaro resign over corruption charges and what they say …
The Henley Passport Index quarter three reports showed Kenyan citizens can travel to 59 countries worldwide without necessarily applying for …
Covid-19 is surging in Africa with a record average number of new cases according to an AFP tally based on …
Police and security chiefs in South Africa have called on the population to stop riots after more than 100 people …
Ethiopia has described as “unhelpful” the intervention of the United Nations in the long-running dispute over its controversial Nile River …
The African Union Commission has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left 72 people dead. Protests against the …
Traders in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, have been denied access to their businesses as security forces continue to implement tough health …
Ghana’s first lady has offered to refund all the allowances she has received since the president assumed office in 2017, …
South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned the deployment of the military to violence-hit Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. …
South Africa deployed soldiers on the streets on Monday to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president …
South Africa is facing its fourth day of unrest as protests calling for the release of the country’s jailed former …
South Africa’s Constitutional Court will this Monday review the 15-month jail sentence handed to Jacob Zuma for contempt of court. …
South Africa’s Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said the Rwandan troops were not supposed to arrive in Mozambique before the …
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the country’s delayed elections with an overwhelming majority, the election board said. The …
Zimbabwe received 2 million Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac. Its single largest shipment that it hopes will boost a vaccination …
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a deadly variant of the deadly COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 Delta, has been …
Uganda has through the Covid-19 pandemic era witnessed an alarming rise in misinformation especially across social networks. Ugandan President Yoweri …
As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that …
Rwanda announced that it will deploy a joint contingent made out of members of the Rwanda Defence Force and National …
Five Nigerians who were arrested for wearing T-shirts criticising President Muhammadu Buhari have filed a lawsuit against the security services, …
South African High Court rejects Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s appeal to delay his jail term. A South African …
Former South African President Jacob Zuma handed himself over to police late Wednesday, authorities said, to begin a 15-month prison …
Botswana has unveiled a large and white 1,174-carat diamond stone, the second huge precious stone to be unearthed in the …
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Friday, July 9, for the hearing of Nigerian government’s application for the consolidation …
A hospital in Tanzania’s Mwanza city has reported an oxygen shortage as the country records new coronavirus cases. The officer …
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, cleared the former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun of …
A South African regional court will on Friday rule on whether it will block an order by the country’s top …
Thousands of opposition protesters have rallied in the capital, Accra, demanding justice for victims of recent killings. It follows the …
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is under fire for launching projects past curfew hours. President Kenyatta launched five hospitals on Tuesday …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for a negotiated ceasefire in Tigray in a call with Ethiopian …
This is because of a looming nationwide strike to be embarked on by electricity workers under the aegis of the …
Egypt has denounced Ethiopia’s decision to begin filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for …
One of Mali’s former President Ibrahim Keïta’s son, Karim, is wanted by Interpol over the disappearance of a journalist in …
Ethiopians are mourning a humanitarian icon fondly known as “Africa’s Mother Teressa”, Abebech Gobena. She founded one of the first …
The head of Chad’s military junta, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, left N’Djamena for a “friendship and working visit” to France, …
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has insinuated that the apartheid government, which he fought against, treated him better than …
Ugandans may find themselves in jail for two months if they are found breaking public health controls in a new …
