Egypt: News agencies under fire over Regeni coverage
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit organisation promoting press freedom, is concerned about Egyptian press reports which suggest…
FIFA’s proposed 48-team World Cup good news for Africa [Football Planet]
Africa is expected to have four additional World Cup places from the 2026 edition if proposals made by FIFA are…
Baby separated from parasitic twin introduced at news conference
A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines has been successfully separated from a…
Gabon launches 24-hour news channel
The first Gabonese news channel, Gabon 24, was launched Tuesday in Libreville with the ambition to offer a “quality television”…
Mozambique president delivers peace tribute at funeral of opposition chief
Mozambican President Philip Nyusi on Wednesday led the nation in mourning veteran opposition leader and former guerilla, Afonso Dhlakama. Dhlakama,…
Chibok family anxiously await news about their daughter
With the excitement over the release of 82 new Chibok girls still in the air, a family in Chibok is…
Senegal: Police fire tear gas at protesters
Hundreds of protesters on Thursday morning demonstrated against a law to change Senegal’s electoral code due to be voted on…
ZImbabwe: Chamisa wants change in opposition [The Morning Call]
On today’s Morning Call, we bring you and exclusive interview with 40 year-old new Zimbabwe main opposition Movement for Democratic…
South Sudan, the elections and peace prospects [The Morning Call]
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on thursday accused Sudan of being a “source of weapons” fuelling the brutal civil war…
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Taliban names Haibatullah Akhunzada its new leader
The Afghan Taliban has named a new leader following the death of the former leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. Haibatullah Akhunzada…
Tanzania seeks Turkish loan for railway
Tanzania on Monday asked for a loan from state-owned Export Credit Bank of Turkey (Eximbank) to help finance a stretch…
Ghana plans new airport terminal with Turkish support
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday cut sod for the official commencement…
Libya deport Dozens of illegal African migrants
Libyan authorities deported 157 illegal African migrants on Thursday. The migrants are mostly from Mali and were hoping to make…
Manufacturing is key to Africa’s economic potential
It has been said time and again for African economies to reach full potential, building a strong manufacturing base is…
Tunisia: Revolutionary bladeless wind turbine could change game in wind farms
Tunisian innovators have looked to the past for inspiration from sails on ships to come up with designs for new…
15 migrants die, 2700 rescued by Italy’s navy
Close to 2700 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday in their dangerous journey across the Mediterranean…
Mauritania signs partnership agreement with ECOWAS
Mauritania and ECOWAS countries signed a new cooperation agreement aimed towards improving economic and security situation in the region. On…
Political violence increases in Zambia
Zambia’s ruling party and the opposition United Party for National Development have traded accusations over the cause of electoral violence…
South Africa: Fire ravages Capetown
Fire fighters are battling fires along the Capetown mountains that have been ravaging South Africa’s Eastern Cape region in the…
Lack of clean water leaves 5 million in South Sudan at risk of disease: UNICEF
Abuk Garang lives in a village on the outskirts of Aweil town, in northwest South Sudan. Every day, she walks…
Amnesty International blasts 2016 human rights violations
Amnesty international has warned that protests could increase in 2017 just like in 2016 if various governments do no take…
Human Rights Watch warns Gambia over rights violations
Human Rights Watch has warned about the poor human rights situation in Gambia, a month to the country’s presidential election…
South Africans hold anti-Zuma protest in London
South Africans living in London on Saturday called on President Zuma to step down. Hundreds staged an anti-Zuma protest outside…
DRC opposition requests AU impartiality over political impasse
A group of 7 opposition leaders have called on the African Union not to take sides in the ongoing political…
Gambia: Opposition call for a change
Gambian opposition supporters have held a mammoth rally days to the country’s presidential election on December 1.* Among calls for…
France-Africa business forum to boost sustainable growth
Business leaders, digital developers and social innovators from across the continent are meeting in Paris for a meeting aimed at…
World Bank lowers 2016 growth projections for Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank has lowered its 2016 sub-Saharan African growth forecast to 3.3 percent from a previous forecast of 4.4…
Mozambique turns to China for financial aid
After western powers, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank recently suspended financial aid to Mozambique, the country has…
Development of e-commerce in Cameroon
Buying goods on the internet has become a habit for Ndoma Vanessa. She is part of the generation of young…
DR Congo’s Catholic church says stalled political deal risks failing
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic church has warned that the deal struck last month risks falling apart, if politicians…
Agriculture agreement with Morocco still valid; EU Foreign Policy Chief assures
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief has assured Morocco that its agricultural agreements with the bloc remain in force. The…
Congo is sovereign and capable of managing our affairs – Kabila jabs interferers
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, has warned against foreign interference in the affairs of the…
Expanded World Cup, Africa will get more than 7 slots – FIFA boss
President of world football governing body, Gianni Infantino, has confirmed that Africa will get more than seven slots in the…
UN pays tribute to fallen Mali peacekeepers
UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, paid their last respects to seven Guinean peacekeepers including a woman killed on 12 February…
Online businesses in Africa [The Grand Angle]
They said Africa can make you an internet billionaire and online businesses are attracting more and more individuals on the…
Islamist groups in Mali merge, pledge allegiance to al-Qaeda
Mali’s main jihadist groups say they have merged with two other groups linked with al-Qaeda. Iyad Ag-Ghali leader of Ansar…
AU urges ICC to respect the immunity of sitting African presidents
The African Union, AU, is following with keen interest, the trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo at the International…
Political class warn citizens on the dangers of leaving the EU
Britain is voting this Thursday to either leave or remain as member of the European Union. During the campaigns, British…
Arms trade treaty conference in Geneva [The Morning Call]
Armed conflict in African states with the most recent being South Sudan has been a reference point at the ongoing…
Chinese Tourism to Africa is Up
Adventure-seeking Chinese tourists are becoming more interested in Africa for holiday destination. The number of visitors who went to Africa…
COP22: The question of application of the Paris agreement
It is a year after nearly 200 countries participated and agreed to a global pact in Paris to combat climate…
U.S. concerned about Boko Haram’s cooperation with ISIL
The United States has raised concerns of increased cooperation between Islamist militant groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State in…
U.S. concerned about Boko Haram’s cooperation with ISIL
The United States has raised concerns of increased cooperation between Islamist militant groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State in…
Hague: Kenyan’s accused lawyers question ICC on jurisdiction
Defence lawyer for Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and his co-accused, broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang, want judges to throw out…
The perilous journeys of African child migrants
“If we stay in Somalia it’s a problem, if we leave it’s another problem,” Omar an 18 year old Somali…
Burkina Faso remembers “Africa’s Che”, renew calls for justice [no comment]
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in the streets of the Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Sunday (October 30th), to commemorate the…
Migrants in Libya were tortured and suffered trauma,Doctors Without Borders say
Migrants suffered torture and trauma in Libya, a Doctors Without Border team member said while travelling with a group rescued…
[Interview] Political governance issues must be solved – NEPAD
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and coordinating technical body of the African Union, aiming to eradicate poverty…
The Forgotten Pyramids Of Sudan [Travel]
The Nubian Meroe pyramids, much smaller but just as impressive as the famous Egyptian ones. With more than 250 tombs,…
The Forgotten Pyramids Of Sudan [Travel]
The Nubian Meroe pyramids, much smaller but just as impressive as the famous Egyptian ones. With more than 250 tombs,…
EU launches economic development fund for Africa
EU launches $47b fund for Africa The EU has a 47 billion dollar fund for Africa. The African Economic Development…
Wave of strikes as Algeria economy struggles [The Morning Call]
Algeria is facing several years of suppressed growth and rising macroeconomic challenges in part as the government now turns to…
Algeria’s Berbers rally for ‘official recognition’ of Amazigh language
Algeria’s Berber community took to the streets on Wednesday demanding official recognition of the Amazigh language. The rally coincided with…
Colonising Algeria was crime against humanity, Macron [The Morning Call]
The centrist French politician Emmanuel Macron, who is surging in the polls two months ahead of the presidential election, is…
Ecobank’s Fintech Challenge [Hi-Tech]
In this episode of Hi-Tech, Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration continues to face massive opposition. Several technology giants,…
Mali dance labs bring performers together for a festival of experimentation [no comment]
Twenty four dancers have been meeting in Bamako, Mali to share ideas and history of movement from different countries around…
UN to assist with repatriation of migrants in Libya
The United Nations special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, has assured migrants in the country they will be repatriated. Kobler…
South Africa: SABC journalists threaten news blackout
Senior journalists at the SABC on Tuesday threatened to down tools following the resignation of acting CEO Jimi Matthews from…