Fleeing fighting to find hunger in South Sudan – WFP
Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Sudan to South Sudan are going multiple days without food as…
We won’t fail the people of Haiti – Kenya’s president
Kenya’s President William Ruto has welcomed the UN Security Council’s vote approving the deployment of a Kenya-led police mission to…
DR Congo colonel sentenced to death over anti-UN protest killings
An army colonel has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his role in the killing…
Ghanaians protesters turn ire on central bank
Hundreds of protesters are marching in Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for the resignation of the governor of the Bank of…
Egypt fire: Health ministry confirms 38 people injured
Egypt’s health ministry says 38 people have been injured in a huge fire at a police complex in Ismailia. Twenty-four…
Pastor Daniel: Claims that a Christian preacher has the power to tame lions are false
A video of a man in a suit stroking three lions has been widely shared online in several African countries,…
Corruption charge for ex-South African Airways bigwig
The former chair of the board of South African Airways has been arrested and charged in court with corruption. Dudu…
Eswatini votes for parliament under absolute monarchy
Voting is under way in parliamentary elections in Eswatini, where King Mswati III continues to rule as Africa’s last absolute…
Rwandan president appoints accused general as minister
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed a senior military official as a minister of state for regional cooperation despite the…
Kenya confident its police will end Haiti gang war
Kenya says it is confident the deployment of hundreds of its police to Haiti by January will end gang warfare…
Nigeria unions call indefinite strike over living costs
Nigeria’s two largest labour unions have declared an indefinite strike to begin next Tuesday in protest over the way the…
Uganda suspends 11 staff over fake gorilla permits
Uganda’s wildlife authority has suspended 11 of its employees over the suspected sale of fake gorilla permits. The government agency,…
Deaths and destruction in SA’s Western Cape storm
Several people are said to have died in the aftermath of a storm in South Africa’s Western Cape province over…
Tanzania culls five million invasive quelea birds
More than five million invasive quelea birds have been killed in a mass cull in Tanzania, the authorities have said…
Uproar over proposal to lengthen Kenya president’s term
A senator who belongs to the ruling coalition in Kenya has proposed an extension of presidential term limits from the…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court fire reached judge’s office
A fire that broke out at Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday reached a justice’s office, it has emerged. Part of…
Libya mayor arrested over floods that killed thousands
The mayor of Derna, a Libyan city devastated by intense flooding, has been arrested in connection with the disaster, officials…
Kenya issues shoot to kill order against criminals
Kenya’s security minister, Kithure Kindiki, has issued a shoot to kill order against criminals who target law enforcement officers in…
South Africa: Charges after children fall ill from ‘drug muffins’
Two men face multiple charges of attempted murder in South Africa after around 90 children fell ill from eating drug-laced…
Tunisia arrests cartoonist for drawings mocking PM
The Tunisian journalists’ union has condemned the authorities for arresting a popular cartoonist. It called for the immediate release of…