Paris Club creditors cancel $2bn of Somali debt
Several countries have agreed to cancel more than $2bn (£1.5bn) of debt owed to them by Somalia. The Paris Club…
Several countries have agreed to cancel more than $2bn (£1.5bn) of debt owed to them by Somalia. The Paris Club…
he 13th African Games are in full swing in Ghana, but the high cost of hosting the event amid a…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has said that a planned deployment of police officers to Haiti will go ahead as soon…
Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested the suspected leader of a religious cult in a village in northern Mashonaland…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students…
Outside court in the capital, Kigali, the 55-year-old politician said: “I don’t agree with what the judge said, and unfortunately…
Soldiers from Sudan’s army have recaptured the headquarters of the state broadcaster in Omdurman, the city just across the Nile…
A top civil servant in Kenya’s ministry of foreign affairs has told the BBC that the planned deployment of police…
South Africa’s electoral body has fired an official it accuses of leaking the electoral candidate lists of two major political…
Ten senior officials have been dismissed by Liberia’s National Port Authority (NPA) after being accused of corruption. Sekou Hussein Dukuly,…
A cargo ship in the Indian Ocean has been boarded by suspected Somali pirates about 600 nautical miles (1,000km) off…
Cameroonian club Victoria United has defended Wilfried Nathan Doualla after the midfielder was accused of age cheating. The 17-year-old was…
Four people have died and one person has been injured as Storm Filipo hit southern Mozambique’s Inhambane province, according to…
ailed asylum seekers are to be offered up to £3,000 to move to Rwanda under a new voluntary scheme. The…
Sassy, provocative African-made dramas could be key to potentially one of the biggest streaming markets in the world – and…
Three Egyptian Coptic monk have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. Father Takla…
Ghana’s electoral body has rejected a plan by the main opposition party to use drones during the upcoming polls. The…
A TV anchor who was acquitted of murder has now been hired for a senior job in the Kenyan government,…
The newly appointed US Special Envoy to Sudan has begun a diplomatic tour of East Africa and the Gulf. Tom…
Four people have died and three others are wounded after being struck by lightning in Mozambique, which is now bracing…