Kenya’s tourism minister advocates life sentences for Ivory possession
A Kenyan government official on Saturday said that anyone caught possessing ivory should be sentenced to life in prison as…
Why Sierra Leone temporarily shut down internet after runoff vote
Multiple reports indicate that Sierra Leonean authorities temporarily shut down the internet after close of polls in the presidential runoff.…
Detained African migrants stuck in limbo in wartime Yemen
Anxious and hungry, hundreds of African migrants lie cramped together on the ground of an open-air warehouse in the southern…
Voting underway in Sierra Leone run-off
Polls opened in Sierra Leone’s delayed presidential run-off on Saturday pitting candidates from the two main parties, the ruling All…
Mauritania: 10 and 20-year prison sentences passed for first time
A Mauritanian court on Wednesday sentenced in two separate cases two people, a woman and a man, respectively to 10…
Condition of Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria worries top UNHCR official
A top official with the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has bemoaned the deplorable conditions under which Cameroonians fleeing the…
Nigeria President grants Naomi Campbell photo opportunity in Lagos
Politics met with show business in Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari gave United Kingdom model…
Ethiopia govt must free Eskinder Nega, other political prisoners – U.S. Senator Rubio
The United States Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio, has waded into the recent re-arrest of Ethiopian journalists and other political…
U.K. cautions citizens over Anglophone crisis in Cameroon travel alert
The United Kingdom has issued a travel alert for Cameroon warning nationals to totally avoid travel to within 40km of…
Senegal court jails former Dakar mayor 5 years for embezzlement
A court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of the capital Dakar, to five years in…
Uganda’s army to register Reserve Force following Museveni’s directive
The Ugandan army is to embark on a registration process of all crime preventers in the country. The registration follows…
Morocco ranked most attractive investment destination in Africa
Morocco has been named the most attractive investment destination in Africa, followed closely by Egypt and Algeria. According to the…
Kenyan president scraps visa requirement for Mozambique
Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta has told Mozambicans that they will no longer require a visa to visit his country. Kenyatta…
Ghana’s controversial US military deal
“Ghana first”! This was the slogan, as Thousands of Ghanaians rallied in the streets of Accra on Wednesday to protest…
Rebels attack Kabila’s residence in eastern DRC, deaths reported
Armed rebels killed at least one soldier during an attack on a house owned by Congo President Joseph Kabila in…
App that helps women identify and quit abusive relationships to launch in Kenya
A smartphone app to help women identify if they are in an abusive relationship and safely leave will be launched…
Miguna cries from Dubai says govt should release his Kenyan passport
Kenyan opposition politician Miguna Miguna has issued an appeal from Dubai where the government forcibly deported him to. In a…
Hunger and conflict push northern Burkina Faso into crisis
Food shortages and a jihadist uprising in northern Burkina Faso risk plunging the region into a humanitarian crisis if urgent…
Ethiopia’s new PM Abiy Ahmed takes office on April 2
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister-elect will be sworn into office on Monday April 2, 2018, a statement from the ruling coalition, the…
Trump fights Rwanda over second-hand clothing ban
The United States is set to ban duty-free treatment of clothing imports from Rwanda because of the African country’s decision…