Nigerians march against fuel subsidy removal
Trade union members in Nigeria are protesting against high fuel prices and inflation caused by the removal of a fuel…
Trade union members in Nigeria are protesting against high fuel prices and inflation caused by the removal of a fuel…
Fighting has flared up in multiple areas of Ethiopia’s Amhara region between the army and local militias. Since April the…
There are rolling blackouts in Niger’s capital, Niamey, as well as the other major cities of Maradi and Zinder. People…
South Africa have reached the knockout stages of the women’s football World Cup for the first time. They beat Italy…
Eritrean history maker Biniam Girmay is out of the Cycling World Championships in Scotland because of injury. The 23-year-old was…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed his daughter to a key position in his office. Ange Kagame, 29, has been…
TikTok has been suspended in Senegal as it is being used to spread “hateful and subversive messages threatening the stability…
Somalia’s sports minister has apologised after a female participant in an international 100m race was so slow that people questioned…
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has returned from Russia where he has been receiving medical treatment. “The check-up and…
Major cities in Niger are facing rolling blackouts following last week’s coup in the West African country. The power shortages…
Burkina Faso and Mali have issued a joint statement saying that they would regard any military intervention in Niger as…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has fleshed out the details of a raft of measures to tackle the rising cost of…
Reports from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, say bursts of gunfire have been heard in the early hours of…
The French foreign ministry says it will soon start evacuating its nationals in Niger following a coup last week. It…
Senegal’s interior ministry says two people have been killed in the city of Ziguinchor, during protests against the detention of…
Thousands of Pakistanis are taking the Libya route to seek work in Europe. It involves a boat journey, the perils…
Forty-one people who were rescued from a doomsday cult in Kenya earlier this year are to be charged alongside the…
Sierra Leonean police have arrested several people including unnamed senior military officers, for “working to undermine the peace and tranquillity…
Kenya’s foreign ministry has been accused of being “unprofessional” over the “leaking” of information about former President Uhuru Kenyatta and…
The UK and its allies stand ready to support any efforts made by Ecowas leaders to restore democracy in Niger…