UN boss recommends more sanctions against South Sudan
South Sudan risks being slapped with fresh sanctions by the United Nations Security Council following a report by a top…
Drought-hit Cape Town cuts water usage as ‘Day Zero’ looms
A tough water-saving regime and the generosity of farmers have given South Africa’s main tourist hub welcome respite from a…
Israel abandons plan to forcibly deport African migrants
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who entered the country…
Rights groups remind Ouattara to ensure victims of post-election crisis get justice
Midway through his second term, the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara is reminded of his campaign promises. Human rights NGOs including…
Guinea: Opposition calls off gov’t negotiations, announces fresh strike
Negotiations between Guinean opposition and president Alpha Conde’s regime have entered a fresh impasse. The opposition was in talks with…
Comoros protests to re-claim French Island, Mayotte
Thousands of people marched on Thursday in Moroni protesting that the neighbouring French island of Mayotte is part of Comoros.…
EU top diplomat says Libya’s situation is improving
The European Union’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, on Monday said the situation in Libya is improving, citing recent calls for…
Congo: General Dabira sentenced to five years in prison
An officer of the Congolese army, General Norbert Dabira was on Saturday sentenced to five years in prison for threatening…
Amnesty appeals for pardoning of Sudanese teenager who killed ‘rapist’ husband
The United Nations and international rights groups have called on Sudan to pardon a 19-year-old girl sentenced to death after…
Nigeria’s Bring Back Our Girls threatens to sue government over abducted girls
Nigeria’s Bring Back Our Girls campaign group has threatened to sue the government if it fails to provide answers over…
Togo’s opposition demands answers over Bollore graft probe
Togo’s opposition says its wants answers from the government about its dealings with French tycoon Vincent Bollore, who has been…
DR Congo receives first doses of Ebola vaccine amid outbreak
The first batch of 4000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat an outbreak suspected to have killed 20 people arrived in…
Cuba plane crash: At least 100 dead
Three people have been found alive, but in critical condition, following the crash of a Boeing 737 airplane with 104…
Tanzania president Magufuli visits ailing wife in public hospital
Photographs of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli visiting his wife in a state hospital have been trending on social media.…
Gov’t lawyer steps down as Shell, Eni trial on Nigeria corruption is adjourned
The trial of top executives from oil majors Eni and Shell over alleged corruption in Nigeria kicked off on Monday…
Weah promises media freedom following allegations of gagging press
Liberia’s President George Weah has promised to deepen media freedom during a meeting with the country’s media practitioners on Friday.…
Zimbabwe govt workers reject salary increase, further talks ongoing
Zimbabwe’s public sector workers have rejected an improved salary offer of 15 percent from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government and want…
Mali opposition chief launches presidential bid for July 2019 polls
In the run up to the 2019 July presidential election, Mali’s opposition chief Soumaïla Cissé, was on Saturday appointed presidential…
Comoros ex-president wants apex court reopened before referendum
Former Comorian President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday called for the reopening of the country’s Constitutional Court as a prerequisite…
Angola: President Lourenco kicks off with tough economic warning
Angola’s first new president in almost four decades vowed to rebuild an economy devastated by falling oil prices and fight…
DRC Red cross buries victim of ebola to prevent spread of contagious viral disease
A victim of the ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been buried by the Red Cross. The…
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…
Kenya’s president signs cybercrimes law opposed by media rights groups
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a new law on Wednesday that outlaws the abuse of people on social media but…
DRC ebola outbreak not yet an international emergency-WHO
The World Health Organization on Friday said an ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet an…
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia create a scientific c’ttee on mega-dam built on the Blue Nile
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to create a scientific committee dedicated to the mega-dam built by Ethiopia on the…
At least 90 people feared drowned off Libyan coast
Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency.* “Ten bodies…
President George Weah lays out his agenda for Liberians
While George Weah has made global headlines since his first presidential bid in 2006, many have criticised the media for…
Boycott leads to heavy security in schools in Cameroon’s anglophone region
Most schools in Buea, the capital of Cameroon’s Southwest region remain closed, as a boycott called by activists took effect.…
Kenya government launches investigation on the deadly dam tragedy
Kenya’s government has launched an investigation into the cause of the dam burst on Wednesday night, killing 48 people in…
[Live] Boko Haram returns abducted Dapchi schoolgirls: What we know so far
The Nigerian government has confirmed the release of some recently abducted schoolgirls by insurgent group Boko Haram. Contrary to initial…
Liberia Supreme Court to rule on election challenge on Monday
Liberia’s apex court has reserved ruling on the poll challenge for Monday after listening to submissions by presidential aspirant and…
Royal wedding: Harry and Meghan at Windsor castle for rehearsal behind closed doors
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived at Windsor Castle on Thursday to rehearse for their wedding. The soon-to-be married couple…
Sudan’s Bashir to honour Russia invitation despite arrest warrant
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir is set to visit Russia following an invitation from his Russian counterpart to discuss regional and…
DR Congo and WHO race to prevent runaway Ebola outbreak
Congolese and U.N. officials were racing on Thursday to prevent a runaway Ebola outbreak in Congo, working out the logistics…
Malawi’s ex-president Joyce Banda returns home amidst cheers from supporters
Former Malawi President Joyce Banda has returned to her country on Saturday with cheers from her supporters. Banda has been…
Israel flip-flops on transfer of African migrants to western countries
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was suspending a plan to send thousands of migrants to three…
Liberia’s ruling party accuses Sirleaf of interfering in polls, challenges results
Liberia’s ruling party, whose candidate finished runner-up in the first round of this month’s presidential election, said on Sunday it…
At least 30 soilders killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger
At least 30 military personnel have been killed in Friday night following an attack by terrorist group Boko Haram. 67…
Guinea govt resigns ahead of planned cabinet reshuffle
The government of Guinea resigned on Thursday ahead of a planned cabinet reshuffle, a day after opposition parties suspended protests…
Mauritius President set to resign over spending scandal
The President of Mauritius is under pressure to resign over involvement in a financial scandal. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is accused of…
Italy reiterates support for Libya presidential council
The Italian Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano has reiterated his support for Libya’s Presidential Council in a visit to the capital…
Detained African migrants stuck in limbo in wartime Yemen
Anxious and hungry, hundreds of African migrants lie cramped together on the ground of an open-air warehouse in the southern…
Fate of African migrants in Israel is bleak as Uganda denies deportation deal
The fate of thousands of African migrants in Israel is still uncertain as Israel struggles to strike a deportation deal…
Egyptians angry over US embassy move in Jerusalem
Egyptians in Cairo expressed anger and defeat over the United States decision to open its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday…
DR Congo receives first doses of Ebola vaccine amid outbreak
The first batch of 4000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat an outbreak suspected to have killed 20 people arrived in…
Scores of girls missing after Boko Haram attack in north-east Nigeria
An attack by Boko Haram militants has left more than 90 girls missing from a government secondary School at Dapchi…
DR Congo cannot afford $1.8bn to organize 2017 polls – Minister
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cannot afford the cost of holding elections this year. According to Minister of State…
ECOWAS mission satisfied with conduct of Liberia’s run-off poll
The ECOWAS Observation Mission in Liberia has praised Liberians for their patience, determination and peaceful conduct of the presidential run-off…
124 killed by plague epidemic in Madagascar since August
A plague epidemic in Madagascar has killed 124 people since August in an outbreak that has hit the island’s two…
Morocco: Greenpeace action against fossil fuels
A few hundred young Moroccans gathered in Casablanca on Sunday in response to a call by NGO Greenpeace, for an…
‘I’ll be president for all Sierra Leoneans’ – Maada Bio after swearing in
Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone’s new president as required by law was sworn into office Wednesday evening by the Chief…
Hundreds of migrants disembark at Sicilian port of Trapani
A total of 371 migrants who were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea arrived in Sicily’s Trapani on Saturday,…
Uganda ready to receive 500 Eritrean, Sudanese refugees from Israel
Uganda is considering a request from Israel to take in 500 migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, a minister said on…
Over 2000 evacuated as cyclone Ava closes in on Madagascar
989 people have been displaced by Cyclone Ava in Madagascar. This is according to an initial assessment by the National…
Sierra Leone Election: President Baï Koroma defends choice of successor
Sierra Leone’s outgoing President Ernest Baï Koroma has defended the presidential candidate widely seen as his handpicked successor. The nation’s…
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed visits Jijiga on Oromia-Somali peace mission
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled on Saturday to a region where clashes have displaced nearly a million people, his…
Grace Mugabe: the president’s typist who nearly became Zimbabwe president
The spectacular rise and fall of Zimbabwe’s uncompromising First Lady, Grace Mugabe, had an unusual beginning: an office affair. It…
Sierra Leoneans await official runoff results as APC, SLPP claim victory
The opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) said on Monday that its candidate Julius Maada Bio had won a presidential…
Experts brainstorm on funding conflict resolution in Africa
Various security experts from around the world are meeting in the Ethiopian city of Bahir Dar, which has been the…
Prayers up for plane crash victims across Algeria
Mosques across Algeria on Friday held absentee funeral prayers for the 257 victims of Wednesday’s military plane crash. Thousands of…