Sierra Leone to probe corruption allegations against former govt
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio will launch a commission to investigate accusations of widespread corruption under his predecessor Ernest…
Tanzania: President Magufuli Sacks 9,932 Civil Servants
Tanzania President John Magufuli on Friday fired 9932 civil servants over forged educational qualifications.* Magufuli made the announcement on state…
Famed Ivorian musician, DJ Arafat, dies in motor accident
Famed Ivorian singer, DJ Arafat, died Monday following a traffic accident that occurred in the night before, state broadcaster Public…
Ethiopians-Eritreans welcome peace deal
The peace agreement signed Monday between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara has brought joy and gratitude among the people of…
Eritrea nears trade boost with UN sanctions lifting, regional devts
Eritrean ports will be major beneficiaries of proposed United Nations lifting of sanctions on the country and recent regional developments.…
Flags at half-mast as Gambia mourns first president, funeral on Aug. 29
The Gambian government has ordered that all flags fly at half mast in memory of the late Sir Dawda Jawara,…
Video: Reunion Island battles to stop dengue fever outbreak
The Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is battling a dengue outbreak, with more than 1500 cases detected in early…
Ivorian authorities arrest 12 DJ Arafat fans who 'desecrated' his tomb
Twelve people have been arrested by authorities in Ivory Coast over the forced invasion of the grave of late music…
Kenya launches Africa's largest wind farm
Kenya officially launched Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday. The project is located in Kenya’s north and already provides…
Women in science lack financial support [Grand Angle]
In sub-Saharan Africa, female scientists are struggling to receive funding to pursue their careers in research.… READ MORE … source
Cameroon's Anglophone residents express skepticism ahead of peace talks
In English-speaking Cameroon, there is little optimism that the forthcoming National Dialogue will resolve the decades-long Anglophone crisis.* On September…
U.N. horrified by video showing murder of their personnel in Congo
The United Nations on Monday said it was horrified by a video screened by the government of the Democratic Republic…
Khartoum appoints peace envoy to South Sudan
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a peace envoy to South Sudan, mired in conflict since it won independence…
The Gambia revokes diplomatic passports of Yahya Jammeh, family
All diplomatic passports held by former Gambian president have been cancelled. The Gambia’s government has revoked diplomatic passports of Yahya…
Is the East African Community (EAC) cracking?
The East African community, a regional grouping of countries Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan has been in…
Philippine 'circumcision season': A rite of passage or child abuse?
A row of boys lying on newsprint-covered tables howl in pain and grit their teeth as part of “circumcision season”…
Ghana: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses parliament [Morning Call]
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed Ghanaian lawmakers on Wednesday to observe the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans…
Clashes erupt as Sierra Leone celebrates Independence Day
Police fired guns and teargas at the headquarters of an opposition party and arrested supporters during celebrations for Sierra Leone’s…
Nigerian students call for expulsion of South Africans [The Morning Call]
National Association of Nigerian Students is calling for the expulsion of South Africans and protests at South African owned businesses.…
African energy outlook 2020 [Business Africa]
Total energy production across 21 sub-Saharan African nations is expected to increase by almost 28 percent by 2025. Nigeria and…
Residents of Atbara, birthplace of Sudan protests, join Khartoum sit-ins
When economic protests broke out in December 2018 in Sudan, it was residents of Atbara in the River Nile state…
Ghana's political parties welcome election results as thousands celebrate Akufo-Addo's win
Ghana’s two main political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), have…
Guinea Bissau: Ex-PMs advance to run off vote [Morning Call]
Former Prime Ministers Domingos Simoes Pereira, and Umaro Sissoco Embalo will face each other in a December 29 runoff election…
Sierra Leone's president marks 100 days in office [The Morning Call]
Mixed reactions are greeting Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio’s first 100 days in Office. While some supporters of the…
Al Shabaab claims car bomb attack in Somalia, 17 dead
Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia’s Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu…
Ethiopian athletes make golden outing at 2019 Paris marathon
Ethiopian runners dominated the just-ended 2019 edition of the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon. This year’s marked the 43rd in the…
Nigerians dominate FBI's massive bust of online fraudsters
The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Thursday that it had arraigned scores of suspected fraudsters behind…
Zambian opposition leader freed, treason charges dropped
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was freed by a judge on Wednesday after the state prosecutor dropped charges against him…
Zambia's Hichilema regains freedom, What next? [The Morning Call]
Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, has regained his freedom, after the state prosecutor dropped charges against him. Hichilema had been…
Somali: 5 people including deputy minister killed in Al-Shabaab attack
Somalia’s authorities secure the site of an attack after five people were killed including a deputy minister when al-Shabaab militants…
UNHCR opposes forced return of all Burundian refugees in Tanzania
The United Nations refugee agency is urging the governments of Tanzania and Burundi not to forcibly repatriate Burundian refugees sheltering…
Zimbabwe: Chamisa calls for the release of detainees
Zimbabwean’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Nelson Chamisa said there is an urgent need for dialogue…
Funeral held for slain U.N peacekeepers in DRC
A funeral was held in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday for the 7 UN peacekeepers who were killed…
Two environmental activists killed in protests in The Gambia
Police in The Gambia have confirmed the death of two persons during protests against a sand mining company Julakay on…
S. Africa: soldiers deployed to counter surge in violence
Hundreds of South African soldiers were deployed on Thursday to crime-ridden suburbs of Cape Town to counter a surge of…
Ghana's sea of sculpted slave heads commemorate slave trade, 400 years on
As the year 2019 marks 400 years since the commencement of the transatlantic slave trade, Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo has…
Uganda Airlines gets first planes
Uganda has received two aircrafts to revive Uganda Airlines, almost two decades after the national carrier collapsed. The two Bombardier…
Dangote's oil refinery to be completed late 2020 due to import delays
Africa’s largest oil refinery will not be finished until the end of 2020 due to problems importing steel and other…
Zimbabwe war vets say Grace Mugabe behind new cabinet
Zimbabwe war veterans say the powerful first lady Grace Mugabe is behind the latest cabinet reshuffle by president Robert Mugabe.…
Gambia: Yahya Jammeh accused of killing journalist
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh was accused on Monday of ordering the murder of AFP correspondent, Deyda Hydara, 15 years…
Cameroon governor's convoy attacked – again
Rattling sounds of gun exchanges. The convoy of the Governor of the southwest region in the troubled Anglophone part of…
DRC's opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi returns to Kinshasa [The Morning Call]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has returned to home. He arrived Kinshasa on Tuesday to kick off…
Nigeria – Benin: blame game over smuggling
Nigeria and Benin have divergent views on how to combat the smuggling phenomenon that affects them and hinders trade at…
DRC: Opposition supporters protest against voting machines
In Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, a few thousand demonstrators travelled about 7 km on…
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies in court
Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has died in court, state television reported on Monday. It said Mursi had fainted after…
Nigeria's new cabinet inaugurated, president remains Petroleum minister
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has formally inaugurated his new cabinet following a successful re-election earlier this year. The event took…
Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders visit South Sudan for high-level talks
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki are in South Sudan on an official visit. The two…
Nigeria: closure of land borders [Morning Call]
Nigeria’s vice President Yemi Osinbajo says with the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, it was important for…
South African sex workers call on government to decriminalize trade
Violent clients, police harassment, and stigma are just some of the main reasons sex workers and the NGOs that collaborate…
Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu on the run: Nigeria Army
Nigerian military officials say the leader of Nigeria’s secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is currently…
S.Africa: fire kills several
At least seven people have died in a raging fire in a rural community along the popular Garden Route in…
Malema's EFF declares 'war' to remove South Africa's finance minister
South Africa’s political players are headed for a collision course over the fate of the finance minister, who the Treasury…
Changing Egypt's economic perspective
Egypt’s government has affirmed its willingness to position the Arab nation as one of the leading economic hubs in the…
Nigerian police release 259 people held captive in Ibadan
Nigerian police announced on Tuesday yet another raid on an Islamic rehabilitation centre in southwestern city of Ibadan, saying they…
DRC: Fayulu supporters dispersed by riot police at court
Police dispersed supporters of the runner-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election, Martin Fayulu, who gathered outside the…
Man United slam racist attack on Pogba after penalty miss
Manchester United are working on identifying individuals who racially abused Paul Pogba online after the midfielder missed a penalty in…
Ethiopia: coup perpetrator killed, others arrested [The Morning Call]
Ethiopia’s army general accused of leading a failed coup in the restive northern region of the horn of Africa nation…
DRC: Moise Katumbi sentence overturned [The Morning Call]
DR Congo’s opposition leader Moise Katumbi is now a free man and can return to the country anytime. This follows…
At least 7 dead in flash floods in Southern Morocco
At least seven people watching a local soccer match in a southern Moroccan village died in a flash flood that…
Swahili, Africa's answer to a unified continent? [This is Culture]
The news about the incorporation of the Swahili language into the South African school curriculum continues to spark mixed reactions…