Bobi Wine meets U.S. congressman, to petition Trump to stop funding Uganda army
Uganda’s vocal legislator Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine met a United States congressman, Bradley Sherman on Friday, in…
Migrants in Morocco go into hiding
Dozens of migrants are holed up in a forest near Tangier fleeing forced displacements led by Moroccan authorities in the…
Shoes made in Congo [This is Culture]
A move to promote locally made shoes in the Republic of Congo. The third edition of the Koyekola fashion festival…
Militia frees hundreds of child soldiers in Nigeria
Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a local militia that helps the Nigerian security forces in the fight against insurgency in…
Republic of Congo consumer woes [The Morning Call]
Consumer associations in the Republic of Congo are calling on the government to establish a committee to look into the…
Video: South Africa marks Freedom Day
This year’s Freedom Day comes just over a week to the May 8 general elections. The day celebrates freedom and…
Focus on Algeria's economy [Business]
Ageria’s economy is heavily dependent on oil. The commodity accounts for nearly 98 percent of the country’s exports. But oil…
South Africa: fuel prices to jump by almost 9 pct on April 3
Motorists and businesses in South Africa will be paying more for fuel beginning this month. The retail price of petrol…
Eritrea hopes to claim stake in tourism [Travel]
For many years Eritrea and Tourism would rarely go hand in hand but things are about to change. Bordered by…
Algeria protesters turn focus on political elite, not just Bouteflika [No Comment]
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of central Algiers again on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz…
Saudi Arabia turns to tourism as 'new white oil' [Business]
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is turning to tourism as its ‘new white oil’ in an ambitious project…
A salt cave in Israel could be the world's longest
A Biblical proportion as Israeli researches said Wednesday they have discovered the longest salt cave. It is the world’s longest…
Jeanine Mabunda, First woman elected to lead DRC's National assembly [The Morning Call]
Jeanine Mabunda was elected to head the Congolese National Assembly on Wednesday (April 24th) with 374 votes. She was the…
South Africa's leftist EFF 'not surprised' by poll result
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is consolidating its leadership, but with diminished support base. The Economic Freedom Fighters on…
Nigeria decides: Will the polls be credible? [The Morning Call]
The stage is set for Nigeria’s presidential elections on February 16, 20108. Months of campaigns came to a close on…
Ethiopia cautioned over 'forced return' of displaced persons
Two groups have cautioned the Ethiopian government against what they say are forced return of internally displaced people to unsafe…
Cameroon's ex minister in jail over corruption scandal [The Morning Call]
Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o, a former defence minister in Cameroon once tipped to succeed Cameroon President Paul Biya has been…
Heavy rains threaten floods in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Heavy rains pounded northern Mozambique on Saturday, fuelling fears of flooding two days after a cyclone hit the coast, flattened…
Libyans accuse France of backing Tripoli assault
Hundreds of “yellow vest” protesters demonstrated in the Libyan capital,Tripoli against an offensive by military strongman Khalifa Haftar accusing France…
Israel: Ethiopians protest against violence
A few thousand Israeli demonstrators, many of Ethiopian descent, took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday to protest…
Pope meets South Sudan politicians
South Sudanese leaders will meet Pope Francis and other spiritual leaders in Vatican, ahead of the start of the implementation…
Angola prepares huge bond sale [Business Africa]
Angola is making its return to the bond markets. The country signed an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to…
60 reported dead as killer storm ravages South Africa
At least 60 people were reported dead and hundreds displaced in the aftermath of torrential rains and landslides that swept…
Sudan military council chief resigns
The head of Sudan’s ruling military council has announced his resignation in a speech broadcast on state television. General Awad…
Senegal headed for a presidential system [The Morning Call]
New reforms in Senegal could see the administration change to a more presidential system.* This follows an announcement made by…
Gabon: Restaurant business owner making it big [The Morning Call]
Restaurant business is picking up in Gabon as entrepreneurs get more creative with their foods and drinks. One woman is…
Ethiopian Airlines flight pilot reported ''difficulties''- CEO
The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi, Kenya, reported “difficulties” and asked to return to Addis Ababa, the…
Sierra Leone declares national emergency over rape [The Morning Call]
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio recently declared rape and sexual violence a “national emergency” in the country. This follows…
Oil prices set for biggest rise since 2009 [Business Africa]
Oil prices are set for its biggest quarterly gains in ten years. An OPEC-led deal to cut output by around…
Chaos erupts between South Africa left-wing parties supporters [No Comment]
In an election debate hosted by SABC, the country’s public broadcaster, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, Land Party and Black…
Libya: Haftar offensive on Tripoli [The Morning Call]
Libya is on the spotlight once again. Thousands are fleeing clashes in the capital Tripoli following violence between the country’s…
[SciTech] Will Africa have to choose between US and Chinese tech?
The United States and China have been spurring in a trade war over the past couple of years, and experts…
Algeria: Bouteflika candidacy stirs mixed reactions [Morning Call]
Algeria’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to seek another term in office has stirred mixed reaction in the country and beyond.…
Sudan charges Bashir in protesters killings
Sudan charged ousted president Omar al-Bashir and others with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters, the public prosecutor…
Algeria: anti-Bouteflika protest enters week 3
Tension continues to rise in Algeria. Protesters marched in the street of the Algerian capital on Friday, calling for a…
S'Africa Elections: ANC with worst performance in 25 years [Morning Call]
All attention is on South Africa as tallying and announcement of results from across the country takes place after Wednesday’s…
Unemployment figures soar in South Africa
South Africa’s unemployment rate soared to 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019 .This is according to reports published Tuesday…
Rwanda reopens border with Uganda
Rwanda on Monday reopened its border with Uganda in an apparent ease on tension between the two east African states.…
Mozambique: Cyclone Idai may have killed 1000 [Morning Call]
It’s a storm that many there say they have never been experienced before. Cyclone Idai as it is called made…
How true are allegations of France impoverishing Africa? [The Morning Call]
In the run-up to European Parliament elections is a diplomatic spat between Italy and France over migration to Europe; and…
Sudan protests escalate [The Morning Call]
The protest movement in Sudan is gaining momentum.* The army appears to also be joining in the demonstrations after police…
G7 pile pressure on Libya over possible polls
The United Nations is determined to hold Libya’s national conference on possible elections on time. This is inspite of eastern…
New dawn in DRC, Felix Tshisekedi is president [The Morning Call]
It is a new dawn, a new chapter in the political sphere of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Joseph…
Libya sets constitutional referendum early 2019 on 'zero' budget
Libya’s election commission has scheduled a constitutional referendum next year, but has asked the government for $28.7 million. On Thursday,…
South Africa joins Ethiopia, Rwanda in small club of gender-parity cabinets
South Africa’s cabinet announced on Wednesday became the third on the African continent that has an equal number of female…
Macron visits French troops in Djibouti
French president Emmanuel Macron met with troops stationed in Djibouti as he concluded his visit to the Horn of Africa.…
Hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius: UN court tells Britain
Will Britain eventually give up control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius? Will the Chagosians one day leave exile and…
Mali govt extends MPs mandate for one year [Morning Call]
In Mali, for the second time, the government has passed a bill extending the mandate of the MPs. This time,…
Sudanese economic crisis
Sudan’s economy has been limping since the south of the country seceded in 2011, taking with it three-quarters of its…
Brazil Football VP asks Neymar to withdraw from Copa America
Vice-president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Francisco Noveletto, said on Tuesday that football star Neymar should miss the upcoming Copa…
Video: Nigeria widows get major win in Shell case
The widows of nine Nigerian activists executed in 1995 got a major boost on Wednesday when a Dutch court ruled…
Kenya offers Uganda land to build dry port [The Morning Call]
An attempt to boosting ties between neighbouring states Kenya and Uganda has offered landlocked Uganda land to build a dry…
Bridge connecting Gambia, Senegal opens
Senegalese President Macky Sall and Gambian President Adama Barrow inaugurated on Monday the “Senegambia Bridge”, which will promote trade in…
S. Sudan: crisis blocks oil shipment
The socio-political crisis in Sudan is already impacting crude oil exports from South Sudan. The third largest crude oil producer…
DRC: How much will Etienne Tshisekedi's funeral cost?
How much will Etienne Tshisekedi’s funeral cost? The issue is being debated in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the…
Somaliland is first in the world to use iris biometric voting system [Hi-Tech]
There was a social media unfriendly election yesterday in Somaliland. The self-declared republic joined the tall list of African countries…
Sudan's Military Council leader meets with Egyptian President
Sudan’s military chief currently ruling the nation met with Egyptian President on Saturday on his first trip abroad since military…
Oromo families cry foul in recent conflict
Saada Youssef, from the Oromo ethnic group, lived without problems for years in the important Somali community in eastern Ethiopia.…
S. Sudan, S. Africa sign six-year oil production-sharing agreement
South Sudan and South Africa on Monday signed a six-year production-sharing agreement for an untapped exploration block in the East…
Low-cost airlines to revive air travel in Africa? [Travel]
The continent has been considered a land of opportunity for some years now, but in terms of aeronautics, it has…