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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
U.S. airstrike kills two suspected terrorists in Libya
U.S. forces said they had killed “two terrorists” in an air strike in southwestern Libya on Saturday as part of…
Museveni honours Ethiopia PM with Uganda’s highest national accolade
Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali has been honoured with the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa medal,…
Zimbabwe’s ruling party set to sack Mugabe on Sunday, as protesters march in Harare
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party is expected to meet on Sunday to sack president Robert Mugabe and reinstate Emmerson Mnangagwa, the…
UN Security Council lauds renewed ties between Ethiopia and Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council had commended the resumption of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea.* However, the body did not…
Storm kills dozens in Somaliland, Puntland and Djibouti
More than 50 people have died in Somaliland, livestock has been wiped out and hundreds of farms destroyed by heavy…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa tells investors ZANU-PF will remain in power
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa told foreign investors on Friday that his ruling ZANU-PF party would still be in power after…
At least 10 beheaded in Mozambique attack: state radio
At least 10 people were beheaded in an attack in northern Mozambique over the weekend in an area where previous…
Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri foiled by Army, deaths reported
The Nigerian Army on Thursday evening foiled a Boko Haram attack that targeted Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in…
Restive Cameroon celebrates national day amidst tension
Cameroon on Sunday marked 46th National Day amidst growing tension in English speaking Northwest and Southwest regions. The day commemorates…
Machar’s return to South Sudan capital postponed
South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar’s return to the capital, Juba, on Monday, has been postponed for logistical reasons, BBC…
Government, opposition trade blame as South Sudan ceasefire is violated
The latest ceasefire in South Sudan has been violated hours after taking effect Friday midnight, with the government and armed…
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda returns from exile
Former Malawi President Joyce Banda will return home on Saturday after spending more than three years in self-imposed exile because…
UNHCR in Libya evacuates migrants to Niger
These refugees, mostly Eritreans living in Libyan, are happy to finally leave the country. Considered extremely vulnerable by the UN,…
At least one person killed at inauguration of Sierra Leone’s president
At least one person was killed and about twenty injured on Saturday while trying to force the entrance of a…
Ethiopia set to ‘fully accept, implement’ 2000 deal with Eritrea
Ethiopia will “fully accept and implement” a peace agreement with Eritrea that was signed in 2000, its ruling coalition announced…
Cameroon security intact in restive regions: President Biya tells cabinet
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, on Thursday held his first cabinet meeting since 2015 and on the back of a recent…
Ethiopia, South Sudan leaders agree on viability of IGAD led peace deal
The leaders of Ethiopia and South Sudan have agreed that the peace process mediated by regional body, Inter Governmental Authority…
Mauritius to sell citizenship and passports
By all means Mauritius is trying to attract investors. Mauritius is offering foreigners the chance to obtain Mauritian citizenship in…
Zimbabwean teachers on strike
After a strike action organised one week ago by medical practitioners in Zimbabwe, public sector teachers also came out in…
African diplomats invite Trump to A.U. meeting to explain ‘shithole’ remark
African U.N. envoys suggested on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump meet with African leaders in Ethiopia this month after…
Cameroon says Amnesty report on Anglophone crisis is ‘crude lies’
Cameroon has accused Amnesty International of disseminating “crude lies” after it said security forces had committed summary killings, arrests and…
U.S. to send FBI experts to investigate Ethiopia bomb blast
The United States will send experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Ethiopia to investigate a bomb blast that…
DRC: Plane misses runway in Lubumbashi
A cargo plane missed its runway in Lubumbashi on Sunday afternoon. The Boeing 747 owned by Servair Company was damaged…
Burundi sets free 740 prisoners
Friday March 16th, hundreds of inmates locked inside Mpimba Central Prison in Bujumbura, walk free as part of a mass…
DRC: Catholic church presses on with planned Sunday march
The Roman Catholic community leaders planning a peaceful march on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said they…
Kenya’s ruling party says it hired Cambridge Analytica affiliate for ‘branding’
Kenya’s ruling jubilee party has admitted that it paid for ‘branding’ in the 2017 presidential election from SCL, affiliate of…
Nigeria Senate invasion: Mace recovered under bridge, lawmaker arrested
The stolen mace, symbol of power and authority of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber (Senate), has been recovered by the police…
Mali president confirms he will seek second term in July 2018 polls
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced on state TV on Monday that he would run for re-election in a poll…
Seven killed, around 50 wounded in Burkina Faso attack – gov’t
Unidentified assailants killed five people and wounded around 50 others during an attack on Burkina Faso’s military headquarters in the…
Standoff as Kenya attempts to deport Miguna Miguna again for refusing to apply for visa
A top Kenyan opposition politician has been denied entry into the country despite a court order setting aside his deportation…
South Africa’s affordable energy dream
South Africa will have to wait for more months in order to relaunch its affordable energy programme. Formalised in 2010,…
South Sudan: Kiir says war must end, Machar says ‘came to look for peace’ in Khartoum talks
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar said on Monday they hoped for a breakthrough in peace…
Kinshasa residents celebrate Bemba’s acquittal
It was celebration galore on the streets of DRC’s capital Kinshasa as residents welcomed the International Criminal Court’s decision on…
Ethiopia meeting diffuses tension over dam project, leaders to meet every 6 months
A meeting between the Ethiopian prime minister and the Egyptian foreign affairs minister has diffused the tension that had been…
Gaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam welcomes Sarkozy arrest, offers evidence
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has welcomed the detention of former French president Nicholas…
Top Kenyan lawyers berate Ethiopia govt over looming implosion
Two top lawyers in Kenya have slammed the Ethiopian government for presiding over a chaotic governance structure that is sure…
Equatorial Guinea shuts border with Cameroon over coup attempt
The border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea has been sealed for nearly two weeks due to the alleged coup attempt…
Mugabe’s lavish party faces criticism amid drought in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe’s extravagant birthday plans drew harsh criticism as the country grapples with widespread drought and hunger. source
Kabila’s Congo to consider legal protection for ex-presidents
Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament will, at President Joseph Kabila’s request, hold a special session to consider legislation providing legal…
Malian ‘spider-man’ who rescued baby on Paris balcony meets Macron
A 22-year-old man played a modern-day spider-man role when he climbed up the balustrade of a Paris storey building to…
Gov’t explains Miguna’s ‘deportation’, more Kenyans join hunger strike over the saga
The Kenyan government has insisted that it did not deport opposition lawyer Miguna Miguna, following last week’s standoff at the…
Libya’s Haftar says ‘victory is close’ in eastern Derna
Libya’s strong man Marshal Khalifa Haftar, on Monday announced that the “victory” of his forces was “near” in east Derna,…
Zimbabwe’s parliament drops Mugabe’s diamond probe
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe will not appear before a Mines and Energy Parliamentary Committee investigating the looting and loss…
Malawi VP attacks president, quits ruling party
Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has publicly attacked the president of presiding over a government riddled with corruption on Wednesday…
Gambian President musters $1.7 billion of support from international donors
A total of $1.7 billion was on Tuesday in Brussels by the International donors for The Gambia, to meet the…
Mali opposition warn govt against repression, call for fresh protest on Friday
Mali’s opposition have warned the government against using force on their supporters, after a clash between police and the opposition…
IGAD leaders renew calls for peace in South Sudan
East African leaders assembled on Thursday in Ethiopia to push for peace in South Sudan, but despite a long-awaited face-to-face…
Kenya gearing up to burn 120 tonnes of ivory
Kenya is preparing to burn a huge stockpile of ivory and rhino horns later this month to underline the country’s…
Ethiopia accepts Ethio-Eritrea boundary findings, border war expected to end
After a day long meeting by the 36 Executive Committee members of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)…
Vivatech 2018 : Mark Zuckerberg on fake news
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a rock star entry on Vivatech’s stage on Thursday amid a rapturous applause from the…