Football legend George Weah to run for Liberia presidency again [Exclusive]
Celebrated African footballer George Oppong Weah has revealed exclusively to Africanews that he will run for the Liberian presidency for a second time. source
Papa Wemba: Congo buries its music and fashion icon
Papa Wemba, the African music icon known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba has finally been buried on Wednesday at a cemetery in the … source
Togo records huge turnout at anti-govt protest despite internet setback
Images from the Togolese capital, Lome, shows hundreds of thousands of citizens have turned out for the latest round of anti-government protest called by main … source
DR Congo’s Kasai violence led to over 3,300 deaths – Catholic church
Congolese security forces and militia members fighting them have killed at least 3383 people in the Kasai region since last October, the country’s Catholic … source
Exiled Congolese politician Moise Katumbi holds peaceful rally via video link
Exiled opposition leader Moise Katumbi used a video link on Saturday to address thousands of opponents of President Joseph Kabila ahead of a December … source
[Photos] Ghana president in South Africa for state visit
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo Addo arrived in South Africa on Thursday on the invitation of Cyril Ramaphosa for a state visit. A statement from the South African … source
Nigeria was warned before Boko Haram abduction of Dapchi girls: Amnesty
Nigeria’s military was on Tuesday accused of ignoring repeated warnings about the movements of Boko Haram fighters before they kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in … source
Washington blacklists six South Sudan officials
Six new South Sudan officials on Washington’s sanctions list.* The United States has asked the UN Security Council to blacklist several south Sudanese officials … source
490 migrants picked up off Coast of Tripoli
Libya’s coastguard picked up 490 migrants off the coast of Tripoli on Sunday in the third rescue operation of the day. Rami Ghameed, the commander of the Ras … source
Celebration in Zimbabwe as a white farmer returns to seized land
The last time a white Zimbabwean farmer Rob Smart left his land it was at gunpoint, forced out in June by riot police armed with tear gas and AK-47 assault…