Civilians have borne the brunt of unlawful killings, kidnappings and the widespread destruction of houses during the four-year separatist conflict …
Somalis online have questioned why some state governments received donations of ballot boxes from the UN. The UN office in …
Nigerian Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas, has pleaded guilty to money laundering in a US court. …
Thousands of people in Madagascar are having to live off locusts and wild leaves as climate change pushes communities close …
The Tunisian presidency fired the head of the national television channel on Wednesday after two guests were briefly banned from …
A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country be moved to prison …
South Africa’s government says it was “appalled” by the African Union Commission’s decision last week to grant Israel observer status …
People in Tanzania are being actively encouraged to get Covid-19 vaccinations in a dramatic change of policy for one of …
Three elderly residents of New Rest, Peddie, in the Eastern Cape, were assaulted by a 23-year-old suspect. Police said the …
According to Alhaji Umar Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the torrential …
South Africa has so far given out 6,854,667 vaccine doses, with 225,808 being given out on Tuesday. According to the …
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that it would not supply foreign exchange (FX) to BDCs in the …
Some 24,000 Eritrean refugees are trapped in two camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, cut off from humanitarian aid, and their …
Tunisia’s leading Islamist party moved on Tuesday to ease the country’s political crisis, calling for dialogue and urging supporters not …
President Muhammadu Buhari is now in London, the United Kingdom (UK), where he will participate in the Global Education Summit …
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Kenyan …
Tunisian President Kais Saied had ordered a night-time curfew for the next month, a day after he suspended parliament. He …
The United States chapter of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, declare …
Tanzania has received more than one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine. They are part of the …
Rwanda has extended a lockdown that prohibits unnecessary movements in the capital Kigali and eight other districts as it analyses …
The United Kingdom has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on one of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisors for …
A group of Ghanaian MPs has drawn up a draft bill which, among other things, proposes a 10-year jail term …
A Kenyan man, James Mwaura, who disappeared from home 47 years ago, has found his way back home in Molo, …
Nigeria has received the first six military aircraft it bought from the United States, which are expected to boost its …
Rwandan forces deployed to help contain an Islamist insurgency have killed at least 30 jihadists, security officials in Mozambique say. …
Haiti holds funeral for slain president Moise under tight security Mourners were set to offer their final farewell to Haiti’s …
A total of 4487 children lost their primary or secondary caregivers to the disease. At least 3,853 Nigerian children, younger …
Motor park louts and brigands (popularly called agberos) in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and most populous city, are fleecing the …
Young Nigerians in 12 states are to benefit from a multi-collaborative scheme between the Federal Government and UNICEF. Lagos and …
A combination of more use of mosquito treated nets and indoor residual spraying preventive interventions have seen Rwanda slash malaria …
Mali has opened investigations into the attempted knife attack on interim leader Assimi Goita inside a mosque during Eid al-Adha …
The makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine say they have found a South African partner to manufacture their jab locally. …
With teenage pregnancies on the rise in Zimbabwe, rights groups are pushing for schoolgirls to be able to obtain contraceptives …
Jacob Zuma’s long-running corruption trial will resume on August 10, a South African judge ruled after the ex-president sought to …
Some men have attempted to stab Mali’s interim President Assimi Goïta at a mosque in the capital, Bamako. Col Goïta …
Nigeria’s Yoruba Nation activist leader Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in neighboring Benin, weeks after …
A convoy taking humanitarian aid into Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region has come under attack – dealing a further setback for …
The opposition say more than 100 people were arrested but police say only 38 were detained Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman …
Trial of South Africa’s Ex – President Jacob Zuma on Arms Deal Corruption Charges to Resume, proceedings are due to …
Ethiopia has warned foreign media of stringent measures if they continue to refer to the troops in Tigray region as …
Zimbabwe’s ruling party has denied reports it intends to ban women and girls from wearing miniskirts and trousers in public …
The British Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. Ben Llewellyn-Jones, has commended the perseverance and resilience shown by Nigerians amid the challenges …
As South Africans mark Nelson Mandela Day, the president has urged people to honour the legacy of the anti-apartheid hero …
The Rwandan capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country are sent back into lockdown to curb surging coronavirus …
At least 13 people have died after a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya on Sunday night. …
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, has described the violent unrest that swept the country over the past week as an …
In his first public remarks since the anti-monarchy protests began last month, Eswatini King Msawti III has described them as …
In the Mukuru Kayaba neighborhood of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, residents rely on illegal electricity connections to provide lighting for their …
