[SciTech] Addressing privacy, data concerns over FaceApp challenge
The face-editing app, FaceApp, which has taken the world by storm, uses artificial intelligence to generate one’s younger or older…
Afcon 2019: CAF makes 83 million dollar profit [Football Planet]
Supporters of the Teranga lions of Senegal showed up in Dakar for a heroic welcome after Afcon final loss. In…
Gabon restricts wood exports [Business Africa]
The Gabonese government has imposed a definite ban on three highly priced wood species. The announcement comes a decade after…
Economic impact of the AFCON game
On this week’s edition of Business Chronicle, we examine the economic impact of hosting an AFCON game. The benefits that…
Victims of Hissein Habre's dictatorship in Chad demand justice
In Chad, victims of the crimes of former President Hussein Habré’s regime are demanding the execution of the March 2015…
Tourism, desertification threaten Moroccan lake
Drought and climate change is likely to claim a freshwater lake in Morocco. Thousands of birds that migrate between Europe…
AFCON Daily: Algeria and Tunisia make last four [Episode 13]
End of the road for sensational Madagascar as 2015 champions Cote d’Ivoire missed out of the semi final. Hello and…
Stevie Wonder to undergo kidney transplant
Singer Stevie Wonder will undergo a kidney transplant in September. The Grammy award-winning singer broke the news while performing on…
London's National Portrait gallery unveils a photo collection on 19th century black British life
London’s National Portrait gallery has recently unveiled a rare photo collection exploring 19th century black British life. Launched in May,…
Qualifying round of CAF champions league kicks off
Football Planet looks back at the decision by the Confederation of African Football to declare Esperance of Tunisia winner of…
Senegalese sculptor turns discarded bikes into pieces of art
Meissa Fall from Saint Louis, Senegal has had a passion for bicycles since he was a boy. The 55-year old…
Cote d'Ivoire: Mixed reactions on IEC reforms [The Morning Call]
There are mixed reactions in Cote d’Ivoire over the composition of the electoral commission. The government is about to introduce…
Drilling of oil at Congo's new field will adhere to environmental standards – Sassou Nguesso
Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso promised Wednesday to exploit the discovered hydrocarbon field in the Cuvette region (north) in an…
Uganda records 1.4 million malaria cases since June
Uganda said on Wednesday it had recorded a 40% surge in the incidence of malaria, attributing the increase to a…
UNWTO Sports Tourism Start-up Competition 2019 [Travel]
In order to encourage the development of the sports tourism industry, the World Tourism Organization, in collaboration with the Barça…
Gabon prepares for first international forum on Iboga [Morning Call]
Gabon is preparing for the 1st international forum on iboga in February 2020. Several academics, researchers, NGO activists and ministry…
Guinea: opposition worried over electoral register review [The Morning Call]
We begin in Guinea where a recommendation of independent experts published a year ago for a review of the country’s…
2022 world championship launched
54 countries for only five places, the Qatar 2022 World Cup is already starting for Africa. Stage 1: The preliminary…
Mozambique: Renamo party and govt peace deal [The Morning Call]
Renamo party, a former rebel movement now turned Mozambique’s main opposition party signed a final peace treaty with the government…
Togo's historical Viale castle [Travel]
This week in Travel, we are head to Togo in West Africa. The country is located between Ghana and Benin.…
CAR: decline in human rights violations- UN agency says
Central African Republic may be getting safer. This is according to new figures from the United Nations that show a…
Haitians protest alleged misuse of PetroCaribe funds, demand accountability
Haitians hit the streets to call for an investigation into the alleged misuse of Venezuela-sponsored PetroCaribe funds by previous administrations.…
CAR: Kwa na Kwa party officially becomes opposition party [The Morning Call]
The party of former Central African President Francois Bozize is now officially an opposition party. This follows a meeting on…
Burkina Faso: lawyers call for General Diendéré's acquittal [The Morning Call]
The lawyers of General Diendéré, one of the presumed brains of the September 2015 coup in Burkina Faso, have denounced…
Italy-migrations: New anti-NGO law [The Morning Call]
The Italian parliament recently adopted a law that gives more authority to the government against NGOs saving migrants in the…
Eighty-eight MPs rebel as Ethiopia parliament ratifies state of emergency
Eighty-eight lawmakers in Ethiopia voted against a state of emergency declared by the Council of Ministers in mid February 2017.…
Storm hits Mozambique again, cyclone Kenneth
In barely 3 days after a huge hit on the French island, cyclone Kenneth smacked northern Mozambique, a country still…
Race for Tunisia presidency heats up as candidate list grows
Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi submitted his candidacy for a presidential election on Sept. 15 as an independent on Wednesday…
@85, Manu Dibango is far from slowing down!
At 85 years old this Cameroonian music legend does not seem to be slowing down. Manu Dibango has had 6…
AFCON 2019: DRC targets finale
As the African Cup of Nations draws closer, the Democratic Republic of Congo gears up with all optimism to face…
Young Nigerian coders create robots [Sci tech]
If you hate folding clothes after ironing, then this might get you excited this day. Here’s some good news for…
Gambia justifies release of confessed hitmen who killed for Jammeh
Three ex-army officers in Gambia, who told a truth commission they participated in killings ordered by former president Yahya Jammeh,…
Mauritius Leaks: how 'treasure island' profits off its neighbours [Business]
On Tuesday this week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released confidential documents showing how Mauritius has benefited from its…
AFCON 2019: Senegal, Tunisia face-off in semi-final
Senegal has never been close to the finals of the African Cup of Nations after 17 years in its history.…
Malawi's president asks voters to hand him second and final term
Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika on Sunday officially launched his re-election campaign, asking voters to hand his Democratic Progressive Party another…
Burundi frees girls who defaced president, warns parents
Following an international outcry and widespread ridicule over the detention of three schoolgirls who scribbled on President Pierre Nkurunziza’s picture…
Cameroon separatists accused of torture [The Morning Call]
Separatist groups active in Cameroon’s English speaking regions are being accused of torture and abuse against civilians. According to the…
Malawi's president holds final rally ahead of elections
Malawian President Peter Mutharika made a final plea to voters on Saturday, promising to develop the country “beyond recognition” if…
Nigeria agrees to join Africa free trade zone
The continent’s biggest economy, Nigeria announced on Wednesday that it would sign the Africa free trade agreement at the coming…
A.U calls for int'l actions to address DRC Ebola outbreak
The African Union on Friday called for urgent international actions to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Abiy talks tough in coup aftermath, vows to protect Ethiopia's sovereignty
Ethiopia’s prime minister has issued a strong warning to anyone who would plot to topple his government, following a coup…
Africa's progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS [The Morning Call]
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is calling for greater urgency and more funding in the fight against…
Tunisian PM bans face veils in public institutions after bombing
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab, the full face veil, in public institutions for…
Zambian govt newspaper publishes in Chinese Mandarin [The Morning Call]
On Tuesday morning, patrons of Zambia’s state-owned newspaper, Times of Zambia, found more than the usual English they expected in…
Kenyan becomes first African to win Global Teacher Prize
A Kenyan Science teacher, Peter Tabichi on Sunday won the 2019 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, as recognition for turning…
Scientists record breakthrough in HIV treatment [The Morning Call]
A significant breakthrough may have been recorded in the search for effective treatment and cure for the deadly HIV virus.…
MTN Nigeria debuts with $6.5b listing in Nigeria Stock Exchange
MTN Nigeria, owned by South Africa’s MTN Group, on Thursday listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in a N2 trillion…
DRC: Record 26 Ebola deaths in single day
Congolese health authorities have announced a record 26 deaths for Sunday alone among those affected by the Ebola epidemic in…
Ethiopian airlines set to inaugurate 5-star hotel
The Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, a five-star hotel by Ethiopian airlines will be officially inaugurated on January 28 in Addis Ababa,…
Mauritania frees blogger sentenced to death over Facebook post
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir, a blogger sentenced to death in 2014 has been freed by authorities in Mauritania, press…
WHO reject Sudan's report on death toll of protesters, June 2019
The official Sudanese announcement that 61 people have died in anti-Government protests in the capital, Khartoum, this month, is likely…
Fifa's secretary general takes over Caf
The Confederation of African Football CAF has had it’s fair share of ups and downs in recent times but most…
62 bodies of dead migrants recovered off Libya
At least 62 bodies of migrants that went missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday have…
Tennis: Miami open produces teenage sensation
Currently the youngest player ranked within ATP top 100 Felix Auger-Aliassime hails from canada, born to a Togolese father Sam…
South Africa's opposition EFF promises radical reforms
South Africa’s second-biggest opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has challenged the governance record of the ruling African National…
Ghana marks 62nd independence anniversary [The Morning Call]
National celebration in Ghana today as the west african country marks its 62nd independence anniversary.… READ MORE … source
South Africa gas tanker explosion injures six
A truck carrying a gas tanker on Wednesday exploded in Worcester, a town 70 miles north of Cape Town, South…
Ebola confirmed in Uganda
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Uganda, ten months after the deadly virus was confirmed in the Democratic…
Niger: Rebel group in the north surrender [Morning Call]
Nigerien authorities presided over a disarmament ceremony of Toubou minority ethnic rebels who negotiated their surrender last week. The ceremony…
Tracking Africa's Race to Space
Two weeks ago, Rwanda became the latest African country to launch a global satelite into space, signaling the continuation of…