More than one million students have been affected by jihadist exactions as of December 31, 2022.The security crisis continues to affect the education sector in…

At least 25 children were wounded after the bus they were travelling in overturned on their way to school at Rebero, a hill overlooking Kigali…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has sent a message to the Head of State Alassane Ouattara, following the release of 46 Ivorian…

The killings, attributed to army auxiliaries, have been condemned by the government and civil society organizations.The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk,…

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the South Sudanese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all the journalists detained last week and ensure…

The Nigeria police said that one of the suspected kidnappers had been arrested in the attack at a train station at the Igueben train station,…

The CPJ joined Reporters Without Borders and 76 press freedom organizations and journalists on Friday, January 6, in calling on Senegalese authorities to drop the…

A Mozambican national believed to be the kingpin of a ring involved in kidnappings for ransom in Mozambique has been remanded in custody after appearing…

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) must be decisive and fearless to tackle “difficulties facing the people” of South Africa as a priority, President Cyril…

Zanzibar has been named number one top travel destination for 2023 by Travelers Worldwide, putting the Island on top of the list of 15 best…

President Macky Sall rushed to Kaffrine, central Senegal on Sunday evening to inquire about the situation of those injured after the tragic road accident that…

The appeal by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Ghanaians to continue to work to create the platform for the evolution of a new Ghanaian…

Officials in The Gambia say a manhunt is continuing for a so-called fugitive linked to last month's alleged foiled coup who is still on the…

Iran hosted the 16th meeting of the coordination committee of foreign economic relations this year on reviewing the latest state of economic relations between Iran…

The report that soldiers, police personnel and vigilantes are currently tracking the abductors of no fewer than 31 train passengers who were whisked away from…

All is now set for the maiden edition of the African Heritage Concert and Awards organized to honour distinguished African personalities.Late Tanzanian president, John Magufuli…

South Africa has identified a mutation of the Covid-19 subvariant called XBB.1.5 which has caused its first case of a Covid -19 infection, leading the…

Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaili and his Libyan counterpart Mabrouka Toghi Othman reviewed developing cultural, artistic interactions.The meeting was held on…

Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye who begins a tour of Africa on Sunday till South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Gabon and Sao…

At least 40 people have been killed after a violence head-on collision involving two buses on the Kaffrine road about 250 km in the center-west…

South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday condemned the alleged attempt on the life of power utility Eskom's Chief executive, André De Ruyter,…

Relations between Bamako and Abidjan had hit rock bottom thanks to a row over the detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July…

Political stakeholders in Sudan are poised for the historic launch of the final phase of the political process which would lead to the introduction of…

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights based in Banjul has called on the Kenyan authorities to investigate the apparet murder of activist Edwin…

Kenya's President William Ruto has asked cabinet secretaries to act fast to deliver on the administration's development programmes.The Kenyan leader who was elected late last…

A total turnover of 921.856 million shares worth N27.154 billion (about $60.611) in 15,601 deals was traded this four-day trading week by investors on the…

Ethiopian Federal Police on Friday said “the most wanted human trafficker in the world” Kidane Zekarias has been arrested in Sudan after a coordinated effort…

Rwandan state prosecutors are set to appeal against the recent acquittal of the former CEO of Miss Rwanda beauty pageant, Dieudonne Ishimwe, who is accused…

One of the greatest distance runners of all time, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia is set to make a return to competition at the Aramco Houston…

The M23 rebel group on Friday announced its complete withdrawal from the strategic Rumangabo military barracks it captured in October 2022 in North Kivu province…

The 2023 tax schedule raises the rate of excise duties on tobacco products by one point, a measure aimed at increasing tax revenues.The Ivorian Employers'…

Rwanda's Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Friday banned from local markets substandard herbal drugs that are said to increase the size of men's genitals.According…

President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africans should be patient about the announcement of a new cabinet team because he was not in hurry to reshuffle…

South Africa's Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Friday warned prospective students to avoid bogus private colleges that have sprouted across the country…

Although Uganda's Finance ministry released the wage component for the last quarter, its officials continue to receive factual complaints of some civil servants who have…

Former Botswana president Ian Khama has challenged a warrant of arrest issued against him by a court in the southern African country last week, insisting…

The Mkinga district, located in Tanga region in the northeast corner of Tanzania, is one of the fishing communities supported by the South West Indian…

The defendants are accused of undermining Chad's constitutional order, criminal conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms, and complicity.The eleven officers of the Chadian national army and…

Bodies of the victims of October 15, 1987 including those of former junta leader Thomas Sankara were exhumed in May 2015 for DNA tests as…

President Akufo-Addo's call for the strengthening of the existing collaboration between the state and the church to accelerate the development and progress of the country…