Following the multiple financial, health, and climate crises affecting Africa, countries in the continent should accelerate inclusive recovery efforts to boost economic growth, the Economic…

Lesotho prime minister Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane has announced the re-establishment of a combined team from various security sectors to act upon the recent crime wave.Mr.…

The Ivorian government plans to introduce electric vehicles in the transport system and to deploy electric charging stations across the country.According to Mr. Etien Nda,…

The Gavi Board has approved the appointment of Dr Muhammad Ali Pate as the Chief Executive Officer of the Vaccine Alliance following an extensive recruitment…

At least 40 people were mowed down in three different attacks in the northwestern Kossi province of Burkina Faso bordering Mali.The first attack took place…

Neither the creation nor the rehabilitation of traditional chieftaincies is authorised for a period of five years in Chad.On the recommendation of the Minister of…

Thousands of digital and other technology experts are expected to converge in Zimbabwe's tourist resort of Victoria Falls in April for a three-day summit to…

The report that from March 31, 2023, passengers arriving in Ghana with the Ghana Card will not be required to fill out landing cards since…

Burundi and Rwanda will provide more convenience for cross-border movement of people and goods, according to one of the resolutions from the just concluded meeting…

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir directed relevant government ministries to ensure that primary and secondary education is free throughout the country.This news could benefit millions…

A horror crash has claimed the lives of 20 people and left 68 others injured in an accident involving a tour bus and a cash-in-transit…

Rwanda Security Forces in Cabo Delgado province have donated scholastic materials including exercise books and pens to one thousand students of Januaro Pedro Secondary school,…

The report that the Debt Management Office has announced that it raised N724.9 billion in February 2023 Federal Government bond auction and the report that…

South Africans have been warned to brace themselves and remain alert due to floods that have hit eight of the nine provinces of the country,…

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has launched a campaign to end a festering cholera outbreak that is sweeping across the southern African country where it has…

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday declared a national state of disaster over the flooding that has left a trail of destruction in seven…

The South African government has ordered a probe into an incident in which a mob of alleged protesters stormed the house of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial…

The Abuja Police command has arrested the presiding pastor of the Abuja branch of the House on the Rock Church, Uche Aigbe, who caused a…

Kenya's President William Ruto has said his government will deal firmly with illegal arms in the country.He said special focus will be paid to North…

Equatorial Guinea Monday confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease after preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in…

The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $83.56 a barrel on Friday, February 10, 2023, compared with $82.78 the previous day, according…

Nigeria's Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to take advantage of the opportunity presented by…

The ECOWAS Resident Representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Mrs Fanta Cissé, took part in the official Award Ceremony of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize.Mrs Fanta Cissé,…

The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) convened a technical working-group meeting to review the Draft Harmonized Framework of the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority Information System…

The Prime Minister of the federal government in Somalia, Mr. Hamse Abdi Barre has chaired a meeting with members of the country's Independent judiciary focusing…

Botswana has threatened to cut ties with diamond giant De Beers unless the United Kingdom-based firm agrees to a favourable review of a 2011 agreement…

Egypt's president Abdel Fattal a-Sisi has recommitted his country to structural economic reforms while meeting the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Kristalina…

Chad's oldest opposition the ‘Federation Action pour la Republique/Parti Federation (FAR/PF) party, led by Ngarlejy Yorongar is heading for an implosion.During the first extraordinary congress…

The dismissal of alleged coup plot by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) as malicious propaganda by some “unscrupulous elements” that some military officers plan to disrupt…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will on Tuesday launch its report on Firearms Trafficking in the Sahel.According to a statement from the…

The report that more than 500 delegates from 100 countries will converge on Accra in April this year for the 53rd World Trade Centres Association…

Nigeria's watershed vote will not take place in some polling stations on polling day, admits the country's election chief, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu while emerging from…

Mozambican authorities have established 10 shelters across Maputo province to house about 18,000 people who have been affected by floods in the region, provincial governor…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has a busy next few weeks during which he is expected to travel to Ethiopia for the 36th African Union…

South African officials are calling for stricter gun controls as the country struggles to come to terms with a spate of fatal shootings that has…

Ethiopia has officially launched a national wheat export program to neighbouring Djibouti and Kenya.Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Sunday presided over the national wheat export launch…

NBA Africa ​over the weekend​​​ donated a newly-refurbished indoor basketball court in Kigali, Rwanda to the Rwanda Basketball Federation (FERWABA).The court, which will benefit more…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has appealed for $59 million to provide critical assistance to 2.5 million drought-affected people across Ethiopia in 2023.The IOM…

South Africans are still struggling to come to terms with the fatal shooting of influential rapper Kiernan Forbes on Friday night.Forbes, also known as AKA…

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, Africa's largest network operator, has started two weekly freighter flights connecting Xiamen with São Paulo and Santiago via Addis Ababa.Ethiopian…