According to a top UN official, Sudan's conflict is increasingly damaging the region with overflowing consequences into neighbouring South Sudan and the occupied Abyei region. According to Martha Pobee who is an Assistant Secretary-General for…
Even animals stay off same-sex relations, we won’t…
Zambia’s President has stood by his nation’s strict anti-homosexuality laws. In an interview with Britain’s Sky News on Monday Edgar Lungu described homosexuality as “unbiblical and un-Christian,” and went on to liken it to bestiality.…
Gas explosion at Sudan factory claims 23 lives
At least 23 people have died in a huge explosion that tore through a tile factory in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, the government said Tuesday. The blaze also injured nearly 130 people, several critically, the…
Akufo-Addo wades into Nigerian traders-GUTA war
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo is billed to intervene in the dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA). GUTA said Nigerian traders should keep off retail business and has moved in several…
Four soldiers ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at Lake…
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed four Chadian troops early on Monday in a newly established military outpost on Lake Chad, the military and local officials said. Boko Haram has training camps on several of the…
Top rebel leader says more time needed for…
A senior Sudanese rebel leader Monday called for a three-month extension to finalise a peace deal with the Khartoum government, as talks between the two sides are to resume next week. Yasir Arman, deputy leader…
Tunisian bus plunges off cliff, killing at least…
At least 24 Tunisians were killed and 18 more injured Sunday when a bus plunged off a cliff into a ravine in the country's north, officials said. The bus had set off from Tunis to…
Guinean President sends message to Magu
The President of Guinea Conakry, Prof. Alpha Conde has commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu for responding to his invitation to help reform the Anti-corruption agency in…
Africa land conference ends with call to uproot…
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan over the weekend with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders to initiate solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an…
South African Airways: Financial doubts grow
Two big travel insurance companies in South Africa have stopped covering tickets issued by South African Airways, as doubts grow over the survival of the airline. While the move is unlikely to push SAA into…
Zimbabwe doctors reject ‘return to work offer’
Zimbabwe state doctors who were fired for going on strike have rejected a government offer to return to work, their union said on Friday. The doctors went on strike on September 3 to protest against…
Sudan PM elected chairperson of regional body IGAD
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock has been elected chairperson of the regional political bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD. IGAD Heads of State and government representatives met for the 13th Ordinary Summit in the…
Sex trafficking: 23 Nigerians, one Frenchman jailed in…
A French court has sentenced 23 Nigerians and one Frenchman, all members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring to prison terms of up to seven years for forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. It was the…
Sudan overturns moral policing law, disbands ex-ruling party
Sudan's transitional government announced on Friday (Nov 29) that it has overturned a moral policing law and moved to dissolve the country's former ruling party, fulfilling two major demands from the country's pro-democracy protesters. Rights…
Wool, mohair trade rules: Why Lesotho parliament witnessed…
Members of Parliament, MPs, in Lesotho were involved in chaotic exchanges on Thursday arising from the decision of the Speaker to suspend sitting over controversial trade regulations. Reports indicate that opposition MPs were demanding the…
UK varsity to return looted statue of bronze…
A bronze statue that was looted from what is now Nigeria more than a century ago will be returned, Cambridge University in Britain says. The cockerel was taken in 1897 from the Court of Benin…
Egypt charges 3 journalists with joining a banned…
[caption width="1200"]From left to right: Egyptian journalists Hossam Al-Sayyad, Israa Abdelfattah, Solafa Magdi, Mohamed Salah[/caption] Three journalists arrested in a café in Cairo have been charged with disseminating false news and joining a banned group.…
Benin sacks EU envoy for meddling in domestic…
Benin has ordered the European Union’s ambassador to the country to leave citing political interference, a statement from the president’s office confirmed on Wednesday. The statement described Ambassador Oliver Nette as “harmful,” whiles reiterating that…
Nigerians join 16 days march in South Africa
In a move to foster a good relationship with their hosts, the Free State Province Chapter of Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), joined other civil society organisations in their 16 days march against all forms…
