The black female winemakers fermenting change
South Africa is one of the top wine producers in the world yet, nearly 30 years after the end of…
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis. Mr Mnangagwa said on Wednesday…
Jacob Zuma appeals against election ban
Former President Jacob Zuma has filed an appeal against South Africa’s electoral commission, which last week barred him from standing…
Happy 69th Birthday
Happy 69th Birthday to the Chancellor of Joseph Ayo Babalola University JABU and Zonal Superintendent of CAC All Saints’ Chapel,…
Power restored in Tanzania after nationwide blackout
Power has been restored in Tanzania after a massive nationwide blackout that affected several islands and most of the mainland…
Tshisekedi appoints DR Congo’s first female PM
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, has appointed a former minister as the country’s first ever…
Egypt’s Sisi due to be sworn in for third term
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is due to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term as the country’s…
Russian deputy navy chief in Eritrea for talks
A Russian delegation led by the country’s deputy navy commander Vladimir Kasatonov has arrived at the Eritrean port city of…
African leaders in Senegal for Faye’s inauguration
Several African leaders have arrived in Senegal for the inauguration of President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Mr Faye won last month’s…
Kenyan hospital to dispose unclaimed bodies of 475 babies
Kenya’s largest public referral hospital has announced that it will dispose hundreds of unclaimed bodies currently at its morgue if…
Al Hilal: Sudanese champions play on ‘to distract people from war’
Almost a year since civil war broke out in Sudan, the country’s most successful football club Al Hilal say they…
Desperate families dig for food in Mozambique drought
People are surviving by picking wild fruits and tubers after droughts destroyed crops in parts of central Mozambique. Hunger has…
Senegal’s youngest president sworn in
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar. Last month,…
Bassirou Diomaye Faye: Senegal election offers hope to frustrated young Africans
Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal. Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a…
Celebrated writer of fiction about Africa dies at 90
Maryse Condé, the French-Guadeloupean author, who wrote about slavery, colonialism, sexuality and African dictatorships in more than 20 novels, plays…
Ghana child bride under police protection after marriage to priest
A 12-year-old girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a…
Davido blasts false arrest rumours
“I have never been arrested by anyone for any crime in any country in the world,” Davido has told fans…