Guinea’s Conde names new PM amid rising political tensions
Guinea President Alpha Conde on Monday named Ibrahima Kassory Fofana as the country’s new prime minister amid heightened political tensions…
Central African states diversify economies & we focus on Ghana cocoa farmers’ pension…
Central African states diversify economies* Transforming the agro-industry is a major target for the The Development Bank of Central Africa…
Congo appoints new head for debt-ridden state oil company
Congo Republic has appointed a new head for the state-run oil company. President Denis Sassou Nguesso named Maixent Raoul Ominga…
Zimbabwe officially applies to rejoin Commonwealth
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially applied for Zimbabwe to re-join the Commonwealth it left in 2003 and has invited the…
Cuba plane crash: Black box recovered
Cuban officials have recovered one of two black boxes from the passenger plane carrying 110 people which crashed near Havana…
Burundi will not cooperate with ICC over war crimes probe – govt
Burundi said on Friday it will refuse to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes suspected…
Ebola vaccination campaign kicks off in DR Congo
Ebola vaccines are being administered to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo starting today. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
Cuba marks end of an era as Castro hands over to new president Diaz-Canel
Cuba marked the end of an era Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country’s new president, becoming…
Trump lauds Africa’s huge business potential [The Morning Call]
African leaders at the 72nd UN general Assembly have met with United States president, Donald Trump. At the meeting Mr…
UK treatment of post-war migrants a concern for EU citizens – Verhofstadt
Discussion over the rights of European Union citizens in the United Kingdom after the country leaves the bloc must continue…
Quai Branly Museum hosts the traditional “stick dance” in Egypt, [no comment]
Egyptian artists and players flock to the Quai Branly Museum for a high-flying show of jousting, dance and music.… READ…
First African baby born using rare, low-cost IVF technique [Hi-Tech]
A rare type of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) called The Walking Egg (TWE) technology has been used to produce a baby…
US civil right activist Jesse Jackson diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson announced on Friday (November 17) that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, an…
Thailand transgender boxer [The Morning Call]
Somros Polchareon alias Nong Rose is a Thai boxer set to become the first ever trans Muay Thai to fight…
Egypt: Surviving through second-hand cars [The Morning Call]
In Egypt’s trying economic times, one man’s trade in crash-damaged cars has boomed. Egyptians across the country are saving money…
Cameroon’s Nkoulou withdraws from international duty
Cameroonian Defender Nicolas Nkoulou is taking a break from international football. The former captain of the Indomitable Lions who helped…
Defaming Egyptian security would be deemed “high treason.” – Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Thursday warned that any defamation of the country’s security forces would be considered “high…
Guterres to visit Central Africa Republic CAR [The Morning Call]
We begin with the Central African republic CAR where UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to arrive in the…
Voting underway in Kenya’s re-run presidential election [The Morning Call]
Voting is taking place in Kenya’s repeat presidential polls in the east african country. Controversy had surrounded the possibility of…
Debate over media coverage of Somalia attacks grow [The Morning Call]
Somalia’s three-day national mourning period for victims of the terrorists attack it suffered over the weekend is coming to an…
Nigerian president meets parents of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram [no comment]
The Nigerian president, who is on a visit to the northeastern part of the country, met with the parents of…
Actors in agricultural production up their game in packaging [Business Africa]
Packaging Agricultural products African investors have been urged to improve the packaging of their produce if they hope to meet…
Somalia: Al Shabaab “captured” Kenyan troops
Al Shabaab insurgents on Sunday said they had captured Kenyan troops during last week’s attack at an AMISOM base in…
Somalia: Al Shabaab “captured” Kenyan troops
Al Shabaab insurgents on Sunday said they had captured Kenyan troops during last week’s attack at an AMISOM base in…
South Sudan declares state of emergency [The Morning Call]
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir declared a state of emergency on Monday in his home state of Gogrial, following intensified…
AS Roma chairman fined for diving in city fountain [Sport]
In this episode of chronicling the week in sport: Roma’s incredible Champions League comeback against Barcelona on Tuesday night triggered…
DRC Ebola response better than during 2014 outbreak – WHO boss
The spread of Ebola to a major city in Democratic Republic of Congo is worrying but the outlook is much…
Boko Haram will take years to ‘eliminate’: UN envoy
Special envoy to the UN secretary general for West Africa and the Sahel Muhammad Ibn Chambas says that Boko Haram…
Why should Mugabe be the WHO goodwill ambassador? critics question
The World Health Organisation is facing a heap of backlash after appointing 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as its goodwill…
Saint Luis cultural forum, Senegal [The Morning Call]
Over the weekend in Senegal, the first edition of the Saint-Louis Forum kicked off. According to the organizers, the Saint…
Africa: Mega data will generate $210 billion in 2020 [Business Africa]
Burkinabes urge to consume local products Promoting Made in Burkina Faso products within the country’s own population has been advocated…
Africa mining sector on the move amid price comeback
Investors and mining firms gathered on Monday at Africa’s biggest industry conference amid a newfound optimism that the uptick in…
Next Einstein Forum 2018 [FOCUS]
African tech start ups raised nearly $600 million as of 2017 (Quartz Africa), but this is not enough to impact…
Israel to free some 200 African migrants awaiting deportation
Israel will release about 200 jailed African migrants in the absence of a final deal to deport them and thousands…
Angolan opposition demand free and fair elections [The Morning Call]
48 hours before Angolans go to polls, coalition of opposition parties task electoral commission on free and fair elections; threatens…
Desert stallion race pushes riders’ limits [No Comment]
Battling gusts of sandy wind, riders from across the world struggled to control feisty stallions as they raced in the…
Crossing Africa by foot: Mario Rigby’s incredible odyssey! [Travel]
Mario Rigby was born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, grew up in Germany and Canada. While doing research about…
Liberians await results of presidential elections [The Morning Call]
Votes are being counted across Liberia to determine the country’s next president and legislators. Unofficial reports from the Liberia Broadcasting…
Violence, boycott mar Kenya’s rerun [The Morning Call]
Marred by isolated clashes and a boycott by the main opposition, Kenya’s presidential election re-run has been held. Thousands of…
Gambia makes more arrests over death of activist Solo Sandeng in 2016
The Gambia police announced on Monday that they arrested another senior intelligence official in connection with the April 2016 murder…
Cameroon: Was stadium turf stolen?
Cameroon is set to host the 2019 AFCON. Work is still in progress on the 6 venues where the continental…
Fighting prejudice around disability with modeling in DRC
Activists in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted the first fashion show for differently abled people…
Freed Boko Haram girls in Abuja to meet President Buhari
More than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram were in Nigeria’s capital on Thursday, a day after their surprise release…
WHO: Yellow fever outbreaks in Congo, Angola under control
The World Health Organisation has announced that a yellow fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola has…
Fashion show in Kinshasa challenges stigma around disability [no comment]
Activists in Kinshasa hosted the first fashion show for disabled people on Friday (April 19), to promote acceptance and removal…
Zimbabwe parliament sets new date for Mugabe hearing
Zimbabwe’s parliament said on Monday that former President Robert Mugabe was scheduled to answer questions this week related to diamond…
A performing arts space in Lagos introduces disadvantaged children to the stage [no comment]
In a small district in Lagos, Nigeria the dreams of young children come alive through an arts space set up…
South Sudanese women demand representation on peace talks
South Sudan’s women activists have called for an end to conflict in the country, as delegates hold a forum in…
Ghana’s commitment to technological, astronomical advancement [Hi-Tech]
In November last year on the Hi-Tech segment, we talked about some polytechnic students in Ghana’s second largest city of…
Local coaches continue to dominate CAF Confed. Cup history [Football Planet]
TP Mazembe are the African champions of the CAF Confederations. The Congolese giants forced a goalless draw on Saturday to…
Chibok girls: Nigerians blame political elite for insecurity, corruption
April 14, 2018 marks four years since the kidnapping of 200 Chibok school girls in Borno state, North-Eastern Nigeria by…
UN boss recommends more sanctions against South Sudan
South Sudan risks being slapped with fresh sanctions by the United Nations Security Council following a report by a top…
Drought-hit Cape Town cuts water usage as ‘Day Zero’ looms
A tough water-saving regime and the generosity of farmers have given South Africa’s main tourist hub welcome respite from a…
Thugs invade senate, steals symbol of authority [No Comment]
The ceremonial mace of Nigeria’s upper chamber of parliament was stolen on Wednesday, Senate leaders said, condemning the theft as…
SADC electoral commissions conference [The Morning Call]
Experts from a dozen member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are gathered in Kinshasa, DR Congo for…
Kenya police disperse opposition protesters [no comment]
Kenyan police have dispersed opposition protestors in the capital Nairobi to force out electoral commission officials accused of bungling August…
Israel abandons plan to forcibly deport African migrants
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who entered the country…
Road to Russia 2018 [Travel]
14th June is when it all kicks off in Russia, I am talking about the World Cup. Five African teams…
The World Cup trophy makes a stopover in Senegal [no comment]
The FIFA World Cup trophy made a stopover Sunday in Dakar, as part of an advertising journey in several countries.……