Women’s rights activists, opposition groups and the United Nations are pressuring Zimbabwean authorities to arrest a man who had married …
The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in court on terrorism charges that his supporters have denounced as a …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s chair, Enoch Godongwana, as finance minister in a …
The tiny planes, which are attached to metal drums to prevent them from getting airborne by mistake, are unlikely weapons …
Lions have killed three children who had gone to look for missing cattle in northern Tanzania’s Ngorongoro wildlife reserve, police …
Former South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to a hospital outside prison for medical observation, the prison authorities …
Nigeria has recorded its highest daily confirmed cases of Covid-19 in nearly six months. Figures from the country’s centre for …
Several thousand anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the capital, Accra, to call for action to address the …
Nigerian authorities have arrested three people after seizing a huge quantity of wild animal parts including pangolin scales and elephant …
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma will be allowed out of prison on Tuesday next week to appear in person …
Experts have released a dooming report foretelling the fate of Lagos State as floods continue to ravage major parts of …
Amid the imminent third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the recent outbreak of cholera in more than 13 …
As of August 2, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,746,085 while over 46,413,600 vaccinations have been …
The daughter of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, Jabu, has hit out at British model Naomi Campbell who accused …
Kenya’s deputy president was on Monday made to wait for clearance for hours before he was stopped from flying to …
Teenage girls in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are learning robotics, computing and other STEM subjects as part of …
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Kigali on her first official visit to Rwanda. She is expected to …
The UK has been asked to apologise and compensate members of two communities in western Kenya whose land was taken …
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for dialogue between the Ethiopian government and a rebel group, Tigray Peoples Liberation Front …
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States as the West African nation steps …
Nigerian influencer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, mostly referred to as Hushpuppi on Instagram, could bag a 20 years jail term. The …
The Egyptian presidency announced Saturday that new polymer plastic banknotes will be released into circulation by early November.Its statement explained …
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African …
Almost 200 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast by the SOS Mediterranee humanitarian organization on Saturday.The 196 migrants, who …
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry on Saturday met with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra in Cairo.Speaking at a joint news …
No fewer than 91 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province terrorists and their families have reportedly surrendered to the Nigerian …
Kenya on Saturday joined the rest of the world in paying tribute to rangers for their work in guarding the …
Four football players were on Friday killed and several others wounded in a terror attack on a team bus in …
An international court has ruled that Isabel Dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president who was once known as …
Kenya’s health minister has suspended all public gatherings over rising Covid-19 cases. Mutahi Kagwe said all public meetings planned for …
The UN Security Council has extended by one year an arms embargo against the Central African Republic. The vote took …
Somalia’s Jubbaland regional state assembly has elected Ilyas Badal Gabose as the first member of Somalia’s senate as the much-delayed …
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has lifted an international arrest warrant against former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo. She …
The Nigerian police say they have received ‘’allegation and indictment processes’’ from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against …
The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, is visiting Ethiopia amid concerns of a worsening humanitarian crisis as fighting in the …
Eighteen people have been killed by gunmen in Niger in an area near the border with Mali that has been …
At a global education summit in London hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, governments, …
A Nigerian court has acquitted the leader of a banned Shia group Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) of all eight …
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 …
