Why the 'giant of Africa' still struggles with extreme poverty
Source: CNN Africa
Growing up intersex in a country where it is believed to be bad luck
Born in Mthatha, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, she says her family’s conservative nature made…
South African military deployed to help stop killings in Cape Flats
Violence in neighborhoods throughout Cape Town has left families devastated, South Africa’s military stretched thin and medics virtually helpless. CNN’s…
Mother to UN: Keep fighting for Chibok girls
Years have passed since terror group Boko Haram took hundreds of girls from their school in Nigeria. But the wounds…
CNN exclusive: 'Fake' refugees entering the US & Europe
Source: CNN Africa
Nine years after Egyptian revolution started, Tahrir Square icon languishes in jail
Issued on: 25/01/2020 – 14:09Modified: 25/01/2020 – 14:09 On January 25, 2011, demonstrations against police brutality to mark Egypt’s National…
Exclusive: Footage shows wild elephants locked in cages
Source: CNN Africa
Gearbox: Kenya’s high-tech hardware hub
In Nairobi, engineer Kamau Gachigi is trying to change that. He set up an innovation lab called Gearbox, providing entrepreneurs…
Miss Universe reacts to historic moment at top beauty pageants
Source: CNN Africa
O’Plerou Grebet has created more than 300 African emojis
“I noticed that media and most articles about Africa were talking about the bad sides of the continent only. They…
East Africa is suffering its worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years
The invasion poses an unprecedented threat to food security in the entire sub region, where over 19 million people in…
Billions of locusts swarm through East Africa after year of extreme weather
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 19:08Modified: 24/01/2020 – 19:08 Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme…
Young refugees in Kenya take a VR school trip to London’s National Gallery
The students explored the gallery’s paintings and received a lesson from artist Lisa Milroy through the equipment, in a project…
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DR Congo: Crimes and no punishment
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 15:10Modified: 24/01/2020 – 15:10 This Friday, January 24, the Democratic Republic of Congo marks the first…
Lubuto Library Partners: Helping vulnerable children in Africa
Issued on: 24/01/2020 – 11:54Modified: 24/01/2020 – 11:54 In Africa’s Bemba language, the word Lubuto means “knowledge, enlightenment and light”.…
Rwanda accuses a pastor’s daughter of treason and espionage
Despite the charges, Umuhoza has still so far not appeared before a court. Umuhoza, 25, is one of many people…
Police in Lesotho want to question Prime Minster Thabane in ex-wife’s killing
In a letter addressed to Thabane on Monday, Lesotho’s Deputy Police Commissioner Paseke Mokete urged the Prime Minister to attend…
Thousands of Nigerian slum dwellers left homeless after mass eviction
Residents described scenes of panic and confusion Tuesday as hundreds of navy personnel pushed into Tarkwa Bay and neighboring island…
Ivorian Voters Hope for Peaceful 2020 Election
With fewer than 10 months to go until Ivory Coast’s presidential election voters are hoping that, this time around, the…
Zimbabwean billionaire pays striking doctors to return to work
Junior doctors in the country’s public hospitals downed tools in September to protest poor wages which had been worsened by…