Traditional chiefs in Liberia have declared the banning of female genital mutilation as a harmful practise to women and girls, APA can report from Monrovia…

Morocco has deployed major security means around the organisation of the FIFA Club World Cup which is currently taking place in the kingdom. By our special…

Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea, which are all led by rulers who seized power in military coups, looked to have formed an unholy alliance against…

Under directives from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt has airlifted medical aid and equipment to quake-hit Türkiye and Syria amid an acute humanitarian crisis caused…

Ireland and Austria have joined the African Development Bank's Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) with contributions of €2 million and €1 million, respectively, to support…

The invitation extended to foreign investors by Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Jinapor, to take advantage of the progres-sive fiscal and legislative…

The countdown has begun for the 8th Forbes Africa Woman Leading Women Summit, taking place on 8 March 2023 (International Women's Day) in Pretoria, South…

A court has ordered Eswatini's largest newspaper to stop publishing a series of articles on alleged confessions in which two terror suspects have implicated some…

The optimism expressed by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo that nothing will interfere with the successful conduct of the general elections scheduled for February 25…

Humanitarian agencies need $2.6 billion to help some 7.6 million people in Somalia this year, the UN and its partners announced Wednesday.After five consecutive bad…

The media regulatory body in Burkina Faso has chided France24 news channel and threatened to shut it down for ''not respecting the principles of ethical…

Five students of the Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School (SHS) are receiving medical attention in hospital after the school's dining hall building collapsed on Monday…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on February 6, 2023, concluded the Article IV consultation with Nigeria.According to the report distributed by…

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 121 households have been affected by a fire at Muna El-Badawi IDP camp in Jere local Government area…

The death toll from renewed attacks against Orthodox Christians ostensibly by security forces in Shashemene city in Ethiopia's Oromia Regional State has reached 37.Abune Petros,…

The ECOWAS Commission and the heads of national commissions (COMNAT) for the fight against small arms and light weapons (SALW) of ECOWAS member states met…

American investors from the US state of Florida (south-west) have been in Senegal since Monday February 6 to seek “win-win partnerships.”By Oumar Dembélé  Often presented…

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced its ambition of manufacturing 60 percent of the vaccine doses required on the…

The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $80.50 a barrel on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, compared with $78.20 the previous day, according…

Violence linked to militant Islamist groups across Africa surged by 22 percent over the past year (comprising 6,859 events), according to a just-released report by…

President Isaias Afwerki on invitation from President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya arrived in Nairobi, in the morning hours of Wednesday, 8 February…

The World Bank has pledged to support the Hustler Fund to lift Kenya's most vulnerable group.The promise was made during a consultative meeting between President…

The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) has convened a technical working-group meeting to review the draft Manuals of Procedure, Forms and Templates to create operational…

Mali's Foreign Affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop points out that the visit by his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, stems from a mutual desire to deepen diplomatic…

The United Nations says it deplores the decision by the junta in Mali to expel Guillaume Ngefa, its human rights official in the country, APA…

The plan by the Ghanaian government to convert an estimated $3.3bn in loans owed to the Bank of Ghana into bonds is according to sources…

A former President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Nigeria, which will be holding Africa's largest…

The warning by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, during a meeting with the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele in Abuja,…

The Nigerian Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the National Assembly to launch an investigation into the regulatory activities of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),…

The Deputy Minister for Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs, Republic of Korea, Choi Yeong, says Nigeria is the gateway to unlocking the potential of the…

The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $78.20 a barrel on Monday, February 6, 2023, compared with $79.36 the previous Friday, according…

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced in Lagos that it has set up the NGX Digital and Technology Products Advisory Panel (The Panel in…

The Russian diplomat is in Mali as part of strengthening diplomatic relations between Moscow and Bamako.Announced on February 6 for a 48-hour visit, the Russian…

Four months before her wedding and on the eve of starting a new job, Dada Titilope, went in for a routine medical check. It was…

Molly Phee, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs is to visit Ethiopia as part of her mini tour to the continent later this…

Morocco's cultural city of Fez is showcasing aspects of its facades in view of a possible organisation of the African Cup of Nations 2025.By our…

Scores of people have been killed in clashes between the security forces and clan members in Somalia's Laas Canood last weekend, prompting UN calls for…

Kenya has made significant progress in its fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a 53 percent decrease in new infections since 2010 and over 60…

Guinea may be poised for wildcat anti-junta protests by pro-democracy activists under the banner of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC)…

Over 450 refugee families in Sudan faced a harrowing evening on 17 January, 2023, when their Al Takamol camp was ravaged by fire, leading to…