Fifteen students have been reunited with their parents seven weeks after they were kidnapped from their school in north-western Nigeria, …
Two survivors of the 1921 massacre of black people in the US city of Tulsa have accepted the offer to …
South Africa, which has struggled to obtain Covid vaccines that are too rare, too expensive before launching its immunization campaign …
The head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has blamed the Ethiopian government for the shortage of humanitarian …
The Ugandan government on Friday ordered the suspension with “immediate effect” of 54 NGOs, including the main civil liberties organization …
Forty-nine individuals have been identified who were in contact with a young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola …
United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has said about $1.1 billion is needed to provide …
The Covid-19 vaccination age in South Africa has now been revised to include 18-34 year-olds. Starting Friday, all adults will …
Three Kenyans have been evacuated from Afghanistan, while nine remain stranded in the country following the Taliban’s seizure of power …
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has paid tribute to the late former Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, who passed away on Aug. 18, …
The Lagos state government in Nigeria has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop the “menace”, …
The US has sent nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda, White House spokesman Kevin Munoz …
Kenya on Wednesday received 407,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the UK at a time when Kenya is battling …
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, is set to travel to Turkey on Wednesday, state-run Turkish news agency Anadolu has reported. …
A public health emergency has been declared in Uganda after scientist’s detected polio in samples taken from two different sewage …
Nigeria has received about 700,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the UK. The government also announced it has purchased close …
Ugandan officials say the first batch of 500 Afghans is expected to land today at the Entebbe International airport. The …
Two African American survivors of a century-old massacre in the United States were in Ghana with their grandchildren at the …
Ivory Coast began vaccinating health workers against Ebola in the commercial capital Abidjan on Monday after a case of the …
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a cash reward for all participants in the Tokyo Olympics. The four gold medallists …
World leaders have been urged by President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the aid of Africa in fighting terrorism. According …
Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was declared winner of Zambia’s hotly contested presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu. …
The Ugandan constitutional court has annulled the controversial anti-pornography law passed in 2014. The law was quashed by a unanimous …
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has authorised US special forces to help the Congolese army battle the Allied Democratic Forces …
Jailed former South African President Jacob Zuma has undergone unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned, prison …
A young Nigerian woman who was among a group of more than 200 teenagers abducted in the eastern town of …
Zambian President Edgar Lungu, trailing after early results, said on Saturday the presidential and parliamentary election was “not free and …
Rwandan President and Arsenal fan Paul Kagame has vented his frustration at the club’s shock defeat by a newly promoted …
Flood, occasioned by heavy rain, has displaced more than 320 families across communities in Adamawa, Bauchi, and Jigawa states.The Bauchi …
Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country’s history that killed 69 …
US President Joe Biden is sending his special envoy for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia to push for an …
The government has banned a Swahili tabloid Uhuru for 14 days for allegedly publishing false information about President Samia Suluhu …
Shehu Shagari’s wife dies of COVID-19 Published on August 12, 2021 By Nsikak Nseyen. Mrs Hadiza Shagari, wife of former, …
Oil giant Shell will pay a Nigerian community $111m (£80m) over an oil spill more than 50 years ago. A …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected criticism that he was complacent about corruption allegations during the rule of his …
Three Ugandan athletes – who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics – have been rewarded with cars, a monthly salary, …
The Ethiopian military and its allies are responsible for widespread sexual violence against women in Tigray, using rape as a …
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to appear on Wednesday morning before the country’s long-running corruption inquiry. It was …
The World Health Organization said at least four people have turned up as contacts of a man who died from …
The Marburg virus was first detected in Marburg town in West Germany in 1967 Health officials in Guinea have confirmed …
A South African court on Tuesday postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against former president Jacob Zuma to Sept. 9, following …
A UAE firm linked to a member of the country’s royal family has agreed to refund about $2m (£1.4m) to …
Jacob Zuma, whose jailing last month on a contempt of court case led to a wave of looting and unrest …
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has decried the unauthorised use of her name to advertise events. …
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to co-operate to improve diplomatic, trade and other mutual ties between them following years of …
Ghanaians can now enter the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without hassle. This is the outcome of the visa free deal …
One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is free and has been …
South Africa’s health authorities have started vaccinating the homeless, one of the country’s most vulnerable communities, with one-dose vaccines to …
