Loveness Bhitoni has been picking baobab fruit from the gigantic trees surrounding his farm in Zimbabwe since childhood, to vary his family's diet based on maize and millet. Droughts caused by climate change have decimated…
Ethiopian Airlines Group Voted ‘Best Airline in Africa’
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World…
Nigeria: UK Arrives Nigeria For Further Investigation on…
Detectives from the United Kingdom have arrived in Nigeria for what appeared a final lap of investigation ahead of preparation for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The detectives,…
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Under Threat From Chinese People –…
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risks capturing by Chinese nationals operating businesses in Zimbabwe if they are allowed to be a law unto themselves. Mliswa revealed to fellow parliamentarians…
State Power Can Be ‘As Dangerous As Having…
Former president Jacob Zuma has criticised the party's leaders for failing to implement its programme of action. Zuma participated in a panel discussion on the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on Thursday evening.…
DR Congo copper and cobalt miners killed in…
At least 36 people have been killed after a copper and cobalt mine collapsed in Lualaba province in south-east DR Congo, authorities say. The provincial governor Richard Muyej blamed the accident on what he called…
Corruption: Zanu-PF Launches Commission of Inquiry
President Mnangagwa will set up a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption levelled against ordinary citizens, senior ZANU-PF members and Government officials. This follows the bold decision by the Zanu-PF Youth League to name…
Expropriation Without Compensation Just One of the Tools…
Expropriation without compensation "in defined circumstances" is but one of the ways to reform South Africa's plans to achieve agrarian reform and spatial justice, and individual rights to land will also be recognised, President Cyril…
Egypt says 7 policemen killed in Sinai jihadist…
Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday. The attack near the regional capital El-Arish targeted an "assembly centre" for police, according to…
62 Million Nigerians Live Without Access to Improved…
The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil Karlsen, on Wednesday said 62 million Nigerians live without access to improved water and spend over half an hour traveling to…
Ghana President Receives UAE Official
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has received Yacoub Yousef Al Hosani, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Organisations Affairs. The meeting, which took place at the Golden Jubilee House in Accra,…
Kenyan MP Arrested After Threatening Foreign Traders
A Kenyan MP has been arrested after saying he would beat up foreign traders if they did not leave the country. Charles Njagua Kanyi said in a video that Tanzanian and Ugandan traders were taking…
Nigerian Government Launches Hunt For ‘Corpers’ Who Absconded…
The National Youth Service Corps Foundation is searching for about 75 corps members who took between N300,000 and N400,000 loans to start small businesses but refused to pay after about four years. The defaulting corps…
UN must pressure Eritrea over ongoing human rights…
International rights group, Human Rights Watch, HRW; says the United Nations must maintain considerable pressure on Eritrea to work on its ongoing human rights infractions. They aver that despite a July 2018 peace deal with…
Nigeria: 60 presidential candidates fault PDP, Atiku
About 60 presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections have faulted the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the controversy surrounding the use of a server, describing it as unnecessary. They…
Ethiopia failed coup: Fifth death, national mourning, mastermind…
Attorney General of Ethiopia’s Amhara region has succumbed to injuries sustained after an attack that led to the death of the region’s president over the weekend. Migbara Kebede becomes the fifth casualty of the coup…
President Buhari Commiserates With Zamfara State, Urges New…
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara State on the recent infiltration of bandits, who killed several innocent citizens in Tsafe Local Government Area of the State. Condemning the incident, President…
Woman killed as lift ‘fails’ in Joburg highrise…
A woman believed to be in her 40s was killed when a lift 'failed' in a highrise building in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, on Sunday morning, paramedics said.ER24 spokesman Ross Campbell said the lift had ascended rapidly…
Sudanese protesters accept Ethiopian initiative to end political…
Sudanese protest leaders have agreed with a proposal set forth by Ethiopian mediators aiming to end the months-long unrest in the African country. A coalition of political groups representing the protesters announced that they had…
