Ethiopia explosion: Six suspects in custody, as allies express support for Abiy’s reforms
Several allies of Ethiopia have condoled with Ethiopians following a grenade attack that injured over 100 people at a rally…
Mass trial for Boko Haram suspects starts in secrecy
The trial of more than 1600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin in Nigeria on…
Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza named ‘eternal supreme guide’ by ruling party
Burundi’s president has been named as ‘eternal supreme guide’ by the ruling party. Pierre Nkurunziza was bestowed the title over…
Egypt’s low price hepatitis C treatment attracting foreign patients
As more than a million Egyptians, Ahmed Nada suffered from hepatitis C before finding the path to healing in a…
Zimbabwe: Mugabe will run in 2018 elections – Zanu PF
Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president Robert Mugabe could be vying for a further term in office in the 2018 elections. According to…
South Sudan government accused of using food as weapon of war-U.N.
A report by the United Nations sanctions monitors directed to the security council has indicated that South Sudan President Salva…
Girl-child education rights activist, Zuriel Oduwole ready to do more
Zuriel Oduwole from Nigeria is one of the youngest filmakers in the world today. At the age of 15, she…
Ethiopia anti-government protesters clash with police in capital, Addis Ababa
Hundreds of protesters on Saturday clashed with police in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa after campaigners called for nationwide protests against…
HRW warns of serious health risks on children, adult labourers in Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms
Human Rights Watch says children and adults who work on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms face serious risks to their health and…
Zimbabwe soldiers were promised money, gold to oust Mugabe – Nephew
Robert Mugabe’s nephew has claimed that Zimbabwean soldiers were told they could keep any cash, gold or diamonds they found…
Gambian president faces key test to extend mandate after Thursday vote
After 22 years at the helm of a tiny West African nation that he has vowed to rule for “a…
Kenyans are first in Africa to get generic of latest AIDS drug
Kenya is the first African country to start using a modern generic version of the latest HIV drug that can…
Liberia’s Nimba precincts vote today ahead of run-off declaration
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) confirmed on Monday that two polling stations in the Nimba county would be voting today.…
President Khama accuses the US government of encouraging elephant poaching
Botswana’s President Ian Khama on Friday accused the US government of encouraging elephant poaching following its recent decision to reverse…
Search begins for kidnapped Britons in DR Congo- Army
Congolese army spokesman on Saturday said, soldiers and park rangers have launched an operation to locate two British tourists kidnapped…
Celebrities reflect on Martin Luther King Day
A half century after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, celebrities have been remembering him and reflecting on how much…
WHO to deploy 4,000 vaccines in DR Congo Ebola response
The global health outfit, World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has obtained 4000 doses of Ebola vaccine and is preparing…
Chibok girls: Nigerians blame political elite for insecurity, corruption
April 14, 2018 marks four years since the kidnapping of 200 Chibok school girls in Borno state, North-Eastern Nigeria by…
ICC hearing recommended for Eritrean gov’t over rights abuses
The Eritrean regime, one of the most repressive in the world, was on Wednesday found to have committed gross human…
Egyptians recall day of Beir Al Abed mosque attack
One week after the worst bloodshed of its kind in Egypt’s modern history, residents in a village in North Sinai…
European Space Agency hails its ExoMars mission
The European Space Agency is hailing its ExoMars mission a success, despite mystery over the fate of a lander, supposed…
Scores of Eritreans in Ethiopia march against their government
Hundreds of Eritreans living in Ethiopia on Friday marched to the African Union headquaters, in Addis Ababa, to protest against…
Over 1,000 children abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram since 2013: U.N
Islamist fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United…
Britain regrets treatment meted out on ‘Windrush generation’ of migrants
The British government has expressed regret over treatment meted out on British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago…
Madagascar receives almost 1.2 million doses of antibiotics to fight plague
Madagascar has taken delivery of nearly 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and some US $1.5 million dollars in emergency funds…
Kenya opposition postpones Odinga’s December 12 swearing in
Kenya’s main opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA) has announced a postponement of the swearing-in ceremony of its leader…
Morocco promises economic alternatives for restive Jerada
Morocco’s Prime Minister Eddine El Otmani announced on February 12, a series of measures for the restive eastern province of…
Sierra Leone’s ‘Peace Diamond’ to be auctioned in New York
Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by auctioning a huge uncut diamond, believed to be…
Mozambique’s rail sector sees major boost as passengers outstrip available trains
Mozambique’s rail sector is witnessing a major boost as private sector firms have begun renovations and further developments of new…
Libyan commander, Haftar back in Benghazi after medical treatment
Veteran military commander Khalifa Haftar, on Thursday the most powerful figure in eastern Libya, returned to Benghazi after a two-week…
Sierra Leone mudslides sweep away school
Days after Sierra Leone was hit by tragic mudslides and floods, it is a large scar of rubble that now…
Security forces in Ivory Coast avert planned opposition protests
Security forces in Abidjan ,Cote D’Ivoire on Thursday averted a planned demonstration by the coalition of opposition parties. According to…
U.S. denounces violence ahead of Burundi presidential referendum
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday denounced recent political violence in Burundi ahead of the country’s May 17 referendum to…
Rex Tillerson to help Nigerian govt get abducted girls freed
Secretary of State of the United States of Americas, Rex Tillerson has expressed his support for Nigeria’s fight against Boko…
Liberians hopeful for change, vow to vote overwhelmingly
Flagba, a slum community in Liberia’s capital Monrovia is home to several hundreds of low-income earning Liberians. Sitting on the…
Sierra Leone’s ‘Peace Diamond’ sells for $6.5 million at auction
The 14th largest diamond in the world sold for $6536360 (USD) in New York on Monday (December 4). Sierra Leone…
2018 VivaTech conference kicks off
The VivaTech start-up technology summit kicked off on Thursday in the French capital, Paris with several global tech leaders in…
Guinea’s Conde names new PM amid rising political tensions
Guinea President Alpha Conde on Monday named Ibrahima Kassory Fofana as the country’s new prime minister amid heightened political tensions…
Zimbabwe officially applies to rejoin Commonwealth
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially applied for Zimbabwe to re-join the Commonwealth it left in 2003 and has invited the…
Cuba plane crash: Black box recovered
Cuban officials have recovered one of two black boxes from the passenger plane carrying 110 people which crashed near Havana…
Burundi will not cooperate with ICC over war crimes probe – govt
Burundi said on Friday it will refuse to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes suspected…
Ebola vaccination campaign kicks off in DR Congo
Ebola vaccines are being administered to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo starting today. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
Cuba marks end of an era as Castro hands over to new president Diaz-Canel
Cuba marked the end of an era Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country’s new president, becoming…
UK treatment of post-war migrants a concern for EU citizens – Verhofstadt
Discussion over the rights of European Union citizens in the United Kingdom after the country leaves the bloc must continue…
US civil right activist Jesse Jackson diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson announced on Friday (November 17) that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, an…
Defaming Egyptian security would be deemed “high treason.” – Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Thursday warned that any defamation of the country’s security forces would be considered “high…
Somalia: Al Shabaab “captured” Kenyan troops
Al Shabaab insurgents on Sunday said they had captured Kenyan troops during last week’s attack at an AMISOM base in…
Somalia: Al Shabaab “captured” Kenyan troops
Al Shabaab insurgents on Sunday said they had captured Kenyan troops during last week’s attack at an AMISOM base in…
DRC Ebola response better than during 2014 outbreak – WHO boss
The spread of Ebola to a major city in Democratic Republic of Congo is worrying but the outlook is much…
Boko Haram will take years to ‘eliminate’: UN envoy
Special envoy to the UN secretary general for West Africa and the Sahel Muhammad Ibn Chambas says that Boko Haram…
Why should Mugabe be the WHO goodwill ambassador? critics question
The World Health Organisation is facing a heap of backlash after appointing 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as its goodwill…
Israel to free some 200 African migrants awaiting deportation
Israel will release about 200 jailed African migrants in the absence of a final deal to deport them and thousands…
Gambia makes more arrests over death of activist Solo Sandeng in 2016
The Gambia police announced on Monday that they arrested another senior intelligence official in connection with the April 2016 murder…
Freed Boko Haram girls in Abuja to meet President Buhari
More than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram were in Nigeria’s capital on Thursday, a day after their surprise release…
WHO: Yellow fever outbreaks in Congo, Angola under control
The World Health Organisation has announced that a yellow fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola has…
Zimbabwe parliament sets new date for Mugabe hearing
Zimbabwe’s parliament said on Monday that former President Robert Mugabe was scheduled to answer questions this week related to diamond…
South Sudanese women demand representation on peace talks
South Sudan’s women activists have called for an end to conflict in the country, as delegates hold a forum in…
Chibok girls: Nigerians blame political elite for insecurity, corruption
April 14, 2018 marks four years since the kidnapping of 200 Chibok school girls in Borno state, North-Eastern Nigeria by…