Nearly 25 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger during the lean season between June and August 2023 if urgent action is not taken, the…

The triumphant return which supporters of Imam Mahmoud Dicko wanted to give their leader back from the Holy Places of Islam on Saturday, January 14,…

Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that the headline inflation rate for December 2022 eased to 21.34 per cent, down from 21.47 per…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be departing Abuja for Nouakchott, Mauritania on Monday to receive the “African Award for Strengthening Peace'' in the Mauritanian capital…

South Africa's Presidency has welcomed Monday's high court ruling to stop former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa which was scheduled for…

Ethiopia's inflation rate eased to 33.8 percent in December 2022, after reaching 35.1 percent in previous month, the Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS) disclosed on Monday.The…

It is noon at a health facility in Amaozanu Community, located at Ishielu Local Government Area (LGA), Ebonyi state, Nigeria.Lying on a bed at the…

The festival that featured photo exhibition of historical buildings of Asmara, the journey of struggle for national independence and nation building, seminar on the objective…

On Sunday January15, the Senegalese authorities said they had intervened with their Turkish counterparts to ensure that the perpetrators of a rape of one of…

In 2022, the Islamic State intensified attacks against Christians in Africa, Jihad Analytics found in a series of tweets posted Friday, Jan. 13; a trend…

A collision between a public transport vehicle and a truck killed at least nineteen people on Monday 16 January in a town in northern Senegal.The…

South Africa's high court sitting in Johannesburg on Monday ruled that former president Jacob Zuma could not proceed in his private prosecution of President Cyril…

The abduction involved two groups of women who had gone to collect leaves for cooking in the bush.A position of the Volunteers for the Defense…

Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw Sunday won a windy 10K Valencia Ibercaja marathon in missing the World record by 5 seconds. The men's race winner Weldon Langatfrom…

Captain Ibrahim Traore has created a special legion that brings together the specialized bodies and units of the national gendarmerie.The President of the Transition continues…

The World Bank has revised downward growth for nearly 60 percent of sub-Saharan countries, including more than 70 percent of metal exporters, which are expected…

The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $81.86 a barrel on Friday, January 13, 2023, compared with $80.73 the previous day, according…

The report that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left the country on Saturday as the head of the country's delegation to the Abu Dhabi Sustainability…

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is not attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) that kicked off in Swiss resort of Davos on Monday due to…

The report that the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission has initiated process for the review of the National Minimum Wage and the N4.71 billion…

Eswatini plans to establish a strategic oil reserve in the aftermath of recent disruptions to fuel supplies experienced during the festive season, the government said…

The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for sustained efforts to end the activities of terrorist groups in the…

The ECOWAS Commission and the Kingdom of Spain have agreed to strengthen cooperation on areas of mutual interest in an equitable and sustainable manner.They also…

The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange with 952.237 million shares valued at N9.728 billion…

Non-Ethiopian forces which have been involving in the fighting under the command of the federal army in northern Ethiopia have withdrew from Shire Indaselassie and…

Captured in Libya, a South African citizen claims in a video to have been handed over to the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM)…

Ethiopian Airlines added one more destination to its services to North America as it set to starting next May a direct flight between Addis Ababa…

The Russian ambassador accredited to Ouagadougou and residing in Abidjan, is visiting the Burkinabe capital where he met with the Prime Minister Apollinaire Kyelem de…

Without the two-time defending champion, Morocco, the African Nations Football Championship will see seventeen nations compete for the continental trophy.By Ibrahima Dione  Algeria will host…

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) on Friday announced the accession of Rwanda, as its newest member.As the world's leading dairy organization, IDF plays an important…

Nigeria and Spain have expressed commitment to deepen bilateral relations and partnership in investments and development of the Nigerian gas resources for the global energy…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed his call on representatives of foreign governments in Nigeria not to meddle in the internal affairs of the country.President…

Health experts from several African countries are sharing latest advances and trends in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) management during the 2nd African Regional Conference on Non-communicable…

South Africa is battling an increase in the number of measle cases, with more than half of the country's provinces declaring outbreaks over the past…

The bullish performance recorded in 2022 by The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in spite of the macroeconomic challenges is one of the leading stories in…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the country's current rolling power cuts have reached national crisis level and were a source of frustration for both…

The report of the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association that Nigeria has been losing about $2.5bn monthly for failing to meet the 1.8m barrel per day…

The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) has called on the government to take action against suspected ruling ZANU PF party members who recently assaulted elderly…

Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria heads to the poll in February to elect a successor to outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari but as Goddy Ikeh writes,…

The Africa Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) on Thursday disclosed that it has renewed the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry, which is…