Nigeria plans 60% local refining capacity before the end of the year
Nigeria: refining capacity Nigeria is a giant oil producing nation with four oil refineries yet largely depends on oil imports.…
Seychelles passport, most powerful in Africa [Travel on TMC]
It is often difficult for African passport holders to travel to diverse regions in the world including within Africa. One…
Sierra Leone takes bold steps to end child marriage
First Lady of Sierra Leonne, Sia Koroma has said a consensus with sub Saharan African countries is been mooted to…
African elephants under ‘imminent risk’ of extinction – CITES
Elephants are at imminent threat of extinction in western and central Africa, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’…
Anglophone Cameroonians intensify protests [The Morning Call]
A fight over colonial languages is dividing Cameroonians. Anglophones have been protesting since November last year against the dominance of…
Botswana at the heart of the latest U.K. royal love affair
The southern African country of Botswana is gaining traction over the recently announced British Royal marriage. It turns out that…
Cameroonian student lights up his village with solar panels [Grand Angle]
A student of renewable energy has returned to his home country Cameroon after studying in Italy. Bolive Wakam is training…
Madagascar president reveals to Africanews his plans to reunite the country
Tokunbo Salako met the president of Madagascar, Hery Rajonarimampianina, who revealed his plans to revive the country’s economic fortunes.… READ…
AFDB: Africa’s economic outlook
It’s been a roller coaster ride for african economies with economic giants such as Nigeria battling its first recession and…
Burundians take to the streets to denounce UN report
Hundreds of protesters marched along the streets of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Saturday over a UN report released on Tuesday…
Ivory Coast troops join Mali’s UN mission [The Morning Call]
For the first time, Ivory Coast sent last week 150 soldiers to Mali to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission.…
Kenya police shoot dead two during opposition protest
Kenyan police shot dead two people and wounded a third when a crowd tried to storm a police station during…
‘Return to Juba or go into exile’ – Deng Gai tells Machar
South Sudan’s new first vice president Taban Deng Gai has told his predecessor, Reik Machar to go into exile. In…
Discovering Mali’s 5-century monument
The Tomb of Askia is a secular monument that shares both the cultural and religious heritage of Mali. The pyramid-shaped…
Two African satellites launched into space in a week [Hi-Tech]
We always hear about satellites being launched into space but hardly hear about African satellites. This is not the case…
Gambia jailed opposition leader released [The Morning Call]
Just days after a surprising election outcome in The Gambia, a top opposition figure, Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United…
Tanzania’s helium deposit [The Morning Call]
Tanzania could hold the worlds solution to ending the fear of helium shortage. After the discovery of over 54 billion…
Zimbabwean white farmers cautiously optimistic about president’s land pledge
White farmers in Zimbabwe are cautiously optimistic about the future after the new president pledged to compensate those who lost…
Egypt’s Sisi arrives in Paris for three-day visit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was welcomed to Paris on Monday (October 23) by French Defence Minister Florence Parly for…
Cameroon: Designer finds fashionable ways to promote ancient toghu cloth
Liz Ngwane, a fashion designer in Buea, Cameroon is working on one of her latest outfits at her store in…
Rwanda dreams big in essential oil production [Business Africa]
Somalia real estate For roughly twenty three years the civil war in Somalia had ruined basic infrastructure in the country.…
Morocco’s African Union reintegration controversy [The Morning Call]
Participants at the recent MEDays International Forum in Tangiers, Morocco are in favour of the reintegration of Morocco into the…
Signing of DRC peace deal pushed further
The Democratic Republic of Congo might have to wait a little longer, for the signing of a peace deal between…
Mali, Algeria step up war against terror
Mali and Algeria, which share a long border, have pledged to intensify the fight against terrorism. Bamako reaffirmed the commitment…
Rwanda’s tech entrepreneurs use technology to tackle reproductive health challenges amongst youth
Young people in Rwanda face many barriers to sexual and reproductive health information making them vulnerable to diseases and unintended…
Poll rates Cairo most dangerous, London safest for women
London is the safest city for women to walk the streets and Cairo the most dangerous, this is according to…
Burundi crisis: Is Michel Kafando up to the task? [The Morning Call]
Former Acting President of Burkina Faso Michel Kafando has been appointed as the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General…
Migrants detained in “horrific conditions” in Libya-U.N
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said that migrants were detained in “horrific conditions”…
Art exhibition exploring America’s race struggles on in London
The Soul of a Nation: Art of Black Power, the art exhibition that is exploring America’s race struggles opened in…
Pregnant girls in Sierra Leone get special government schools
At 17, Fatmata is pregnant with her second child. She was only 15 when she gave birth to her first…
Nigeria power crisis, Togo kinkeliba tea & DRC micro financing [Business Africa]
Nigeria power crisis Egbin power plant being Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest electricity facility, faces a continuous shortage of gas supply caused…
Libya deports more than 100 African migrants
Libyan authorities on Tuesday deported around 140 African migrants, who had previously arrived in Tripoli illegally via the Mediterranean.* Head…
Burundi says Rwanda behind failed assassination of Nkurunziza’s spokesperson
Burundi’s frosty relationship with its neighbour, Rwanda; has been rekindled following the foiled assassination attempt on President Nkurunziza’s spokesperson, Willy…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram displaced women say no to unwanted pregnancies
Women in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancies.…
DRC’s main opposition rejects Kabila’s new government
Democratic Republic of Congo’s main opposition party denounced president Joseph Kabila’s newly appointed government under prime minister Bruno Tshibala, which…
Zambia opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema in court over treason
Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema had appeared in the magistrate’s court in the capital, Lusaka. The court looking into the…
French Prime Minister in Ghana
France wants to strengthen its involvement in the Ghanaian economy in the future. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday…
Niger’s election commission urges opposition to respect results
Niger’s independent electoral commission has called on the opposition parties to respect the provisional results of Sunday’s polls. Opposition parties…
Security ramped up in Gambia as Jammeh remains deaf to international pressure
A massive number of Gambian security forces have been deployed in the capital Banjul, which remained calm hours after a…
‘Solar smart kiosks’ saving mobile phone users in Rwanda
Mobile phone utility is on the rise in Africa, but charging devices can be a struggle, especially in areas with…
Executed Nigerians in Indonesia [The Morning Call]
After the execution of 3 Nigerians in Indonesia accused of drug trafficking, the government is still appealing for the commuting…
Kenya’s president sworn-in as police block rival opposition meeting
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as…
EU pushes migration dialogue with Egypt and Tunisia
The European Union is offering simplified visa procedures and increased economic aid to Tunisia and Egypt in exchange for smoother…
Ugandan disabled uses craft skills to earn a living
After completing his studies at a special needs school in Uganda, Simon Peter Lutaaya started making crafts at his family…
Kenya police use teargas to disperse opposition protesters in Kisumu [no comment]
Kenyan police used teargas on Friday (October 13) to disperse protesters in the country’s three main cities, as a standoff…
19 bus passengers abducted in Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped 19 bus passengers near Nigeria’s southern oil hub, Port Harcourt, police said on Friday, in the latest of…
Hundreds call on France to welcome migrants crossing from Italy
Migrant charities, rights advocates and concerned citizens marched along the French Riviera on Saturday December 16, calling on authorities to…
Confronting Boko Haram in Cameroon [The Morning Call]
Cameroon’s military campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency started late but has been met with partial success. A report from…
Art and more at Ghana’s annual Chale Wote Street Art Festival [Photos]
Ghana’s capital Accra was the center of art tourism last weekend as visual artists displayed their talents and products on…
Roman “underwater ruins” discovered in Tunisia
Twenty hectares of the remains of Roman ruins under the sea have been discovered in Nabeul, Tunisia by a joint…
Over 50% of schools in Nigeria’s Borno state still closed, UNICEF worried
Over 50% of schools have still not re-opened in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State, a region plagued by the Boko Haram…
2017 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations in Gabon [The Morning Call]
The 2017 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations is currently ongoing in Gabon. The top four teams will qualify for the…
Japan’s Abe welcomes ‘iconic’ Mugabe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has hailed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the latter toured the Asian country. Abe called…
Protesting university students in Nairobi call for MP’s release, police fire tear gas [no comment]
Hundreds of University of Nairobi students fought running battles with police around their campus on Thursday (September 28), as they…
African diaspora embracing their African roots [Culture on The Morning Call]
The African diaspora is spread out all over the world. For example in the United States, where we find the…
Niger Delta Avengers call for ceasefire [The Morning Call]
The Niger Delta Avengers in Nigeria have agreed to a ceasefire, expected to bring an end to the multiple invasions…
Series of grenade attacks rock homes of Ugandan MPs, no injuries reported
Ugandan police are investigating a series of hand grenade attacks on homes of opposition members of parliament with the latest…
Anti-government chants at annual Ethiopian festival, a year after deadly stampede
Hundreds of people chanting anti-government slogans marched in the central Ethiopian town of Bishoftu on Sunday at a religious festival…
In Zimbabwe, the fashion sector suffers from economic crisis [no comment]
As Zimbabwe’s economy continues its downward spiral, fashion designers also feel the negative effects. Tungamira Mavi, who has dressed well-known…