Malian Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop addressed the media after talks in Berlin and said that Mali was very keen on getting foreign help to get their economy in the right track. He spoke about…

Tunisia - On Sunday, tens of thousands of Tunisians gathered in the capital to protest President Kais Saied's "exceptional measures." The latest measures have been dubbed a "coup" by government critics. Kais Saied's dismissed the…

Nigeria - In Nigeria's 206 million population, seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered. A religious leader, Alhaji Lubisalah, praised the government's efforts to combat the virus, but said the authorities should…

Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone's president signed a bill abolishing the death sentence on Friday, claiming that the country has "exorcised ghosts of a harsh past" as a result of a long struggle to abolish…

Guinea - Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in Guinea after a military coup on September 5, named development veteran Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister in a proclamation read on national television on Wednesday. Beavogui,…

Sub-Saharan Africa - Child labour in Africa is surging at all-time high. With thousands of children being forced into child labour every day, leading child rights activists called for a global social protection fund to…

Tunisia - In a first for the Arab world, the Tunisian president announces Najla Bouden Ramadhane to be the next Prime Minister of the country. Amid the turbulent situation in the country, president Kais Saied…

Uganda - Zikulabe Isaac is a local farmer who owns a 3-acre onion, cotton, and coffee farm that shares the park's fence. They used to sleep outside their homes guarding the crops against game before…

- Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa initiated the Climate Commission in March this year to set a more ambitious emissions reduction target in the leadup to a United Nations climate conference in November. The commission’s first…

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced during a speech that new head of government will be appointed in Tunisia. Tunisian President Kais Saied announced during a speech that new head of government will be appointed in…

After what his supporters called a politically orchestrated show trial, Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges on Monday.…

Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France, brought his conflict-torn country together, and was deposed in 2019 by pro-democracy protestors after two decades in power, has died at the age of…

Local Ethiopian officials claimed on Wednesday that Tigray forces have killed over 120 civilians in recent days as a result of battlefield losses, in what would be one of the deadliest massacres of Ethiopia's 10-month…

Libyan authorities announced on Tuesday that a senior member of the Islamic State (IS) was apprehended in a raid south of Tripoli. The capture of Embarak al-Khazimi was "a great success for our security forces,"…

Tanzanian authorities have arrested numerous members of the country's largest opposition Chadema party, marking the country's latest crackdown on a group advocating constitutional reform. It came after President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government detained Chadema leader…

Gunmen kidnapped 73 students in yet another school attack in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, prompting authorities in Zamfara state to close all primary and secondary schools. The new kidnappings occurred just days after three other…

Tanzania's main opposition leader appeared in court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case his party described as a politically motivated attempt to suppress dissent. Police allegedly tortured Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe…