Schools shut as cyclone closes in on Madagascar
l The authorities in Madagascar have closed schools and restricted movement ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Freddy on Tuesday.…
l The authorities in Madagascar have closed schools and restricted movement ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Freddy on Tuesday.…
l More than 600,000 people in Mozambique could be affected by Cyclone Freddy, which is expected to make landfall in…
l UN Secretary General António Guterres has announced the largest-ever allocation from its Central Emergency Fund. He was speaking on…
l Designers and models from across the continent have come together this weekend in Togo’s capital, Lomé, for the city’s…
l South Africa’s state-owned power firm, Eskom, has announced an intensification of its programme of planned power cuts. Supplies will…
l The global financial system is “dysfunctional and unfair” and is “failing developing countries”, UN Secretary General António Guterres has…
Twelve cheetahs from South Africa have been flown to India as part of an agreement to introduce dozens of the…
l Traders in a Tanzanian district have been banned from displaying scantily clad mannequins outside their premises. The directive is…
l The foreign ministers of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, ahead of an African…
l A request by a provincial government for a state funeral to be given to a popular South African rapper…
l A row within the Ethiopian Orthodox church, the largest religious group in the country, has been resolved after a…
l Tunisia’s main opposition coalition has described the string of arrests targeting critics of President Kais Saied as “repressive, violent…
l A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy what Jesus Christ is…
l Illegal migration is now back to pre-pandemic levels, with Djiboutian authorities rescuing 383 undocumented Ethiopian migrants whose boat was…
l A 13-year-old Zambian boy has so far spent four weeks at home after being denied admission into a government…
l Ukraine has launched a training course for diplomats from African countries, as part of an effort to strengthen relations…
l The United Nations says countries in the Sahel must do more to combat the trafficking of arms into the…
l Hundreds of followers of the main Christian Orthodox church in Ethiopia have been arrested in recent days following tensions…
l The African Union has appointed former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to lead its observation mission in the forthcoming general…
l The Somali government has ordered telecommunication firms, money transfer banks and other business entities to register their businesses and…