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…
Ugandan becomes first black woman to visit all…
Uganda’s Jessica Nabongo has become the first black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world. Nabongo, whose Ugandan parents emigrated to the United States, was born in the Detroit City of Michigan state.…
BBC Investigation Exposes Nigerian, Ghanaian Academics Sexually Harassing…
In a year-long investigation, a BBC Africa Eye investigation, using undercover reporters posing as students, has revealed how female students are blackmailed and sexually harassed by male lecturers in exchange for better grades and mentorship.…
Excellence: Samira Bawumia Receives Top UN Award
The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, has been named the first of seven global honourees by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), in partnership with Ashden. This is in recognition of her contribution towards mobilising action…
Declare Al Shabaab a Terror Group, Speaker Muturi…
National Assembly speaker Justine Muturi has slammed the US accusing the superpower of rejecting a bid to declare al Shabaab a terror group. According to Muturi, the move by Americans serves to embolden the group…
Jihadists strike in Burkina Faso again, 20 feared…
Twenty people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a gold-mining site in northern Burkina Faso on Friday, two sources said. Gunmen came to the Dolmande site in Soum province and fired on…
Missing Kenyan police officer found dead in mysterious…
The body of a Kenyan Police Officer, Hesbon Okemwa Anunda, who went missing a week ago, was late Saturday found at a thicket in the coastal island of Lamu, with head and hand chopped off,…
6 school girls kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted six girls and two staff members from a boarding school in northern Nigeria , according to a police spokesperson. Yakubu Sabo said armed men gained entry on Thursday into the Engravers College,…
Tunisians vote amidst political, economic woes
Citizens of the North African country, Tunisia, will go to polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections amid political and economic challenges. Last month, contenders from Tunisia’s major political blocs, including the moderate Islamist…
Nigeria, Germany Sign New Deal
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja signed a €70million financing bilateral agreement with the Republic of Germany. The agreement was on sustainable economic development, renewable energy, polio eradication, internally-displaced persons and host communities in…
Raila Decries ‘Return of Madness’ to Roads after…
ODM leader Raila Odinga has joined Kenyans in condoling the victims of the Kericho-Kisumu road accident that occurred early Friday morning. Thirteen people were killed and scores of others injured in the grisly road accident…
ED Says He “Stands Ready To Welcome” MDC-A…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that all political parties who contested in the 2018 harmonised elections are welcome to take part in the Political Parties Dialogue (POLAD). Presenting his State of the Nation Address in…
UK: Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase Features Awe-Inspiring Designs
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase has always been a place of effortless style, class and an overflow of talent, and this year was no different. The tradeshow, which ran under the theme #ThisIsAfrica, yet again redefined what…
Ethiopia’s capital hosts Oromo Irrecha festival
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa will on Saturday host the annual Irrecha thanksgiving festival, that is expected to bring together millions of Oromos from all over the country. The country’s prime minister, biy Ahmed, urged all…
Nigeria’s Buhari says anti-migrant attacks ’embarrassment’ for Africa
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday denounced recent xenophobic violence in South Africa as an "embarrassment" for the continent, as he wrapped up a state visit. Buhari's trip was overshadowed by a spate of recent…
Ethnic clashes kill 22 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Ethiopia continues to struggle with inter-ethnic clashes, with the latest round of violence between regional special forces and a minority ethnic group killing at least 20 people in the past five days in the northern…
90 Percent Of Cars In Nigeria Are Smuggled…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), on Thursday said 90 per cent of cars in the country were smuggled into the country by unscrupulous elements. Ali, who said this…
Cameroon: Final resolutions expected as Major National Dialogue…
The Major National Dialogue wraps up today at the Yaounde Conference Centre with the reading and adoption of the final resolutions. The event comes to a close after days of work from delegates all over…
Ghana: Cocoa Producer Price up by 8.42 Percent
Government has announced a new producer price of cocoa for the 2019/2020 crop season from GH¢7,640 to GH¢8,240 per tonne. The increment represents 8.42 per cent meaning that a bag (64kg) of cocoa beans would…
