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The United Nations is convening a new meeting of Libyan experts to revive the country’s delayed national elections, which were initially scheduled for

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Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has ordered France to remove its military bases, signaling the end of a decades-long defense pact. This decision

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A Ugandan court has mandated the government to pay up to $2,740 to each victim of convicted Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo. In October,

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, alleging the tech giant indirectly uses

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African investors contributed 22.76% of Nigeria’s foreign capital inflows in Q3 2024, amounting to $285.11 million. The inflow demonstrates the considerable

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The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has approved the establishment of a special court to address crimes committed during the rule of former Gambian military

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating a mysterious disease outbreak in Kwango province, with early lab tests pointing to malaria as a potential

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Nigeria's Ademola Lookman and Zambia's Barbra Banda were named African Players of the Year at the 2024 Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards in

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[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has threatened that the country will descend into chaos if the Constitutional Council, the country's highest body in matters of electoral law, does not declare that he won the 9 October presidential election.

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On the second day of his visit to CAR, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN peacekeeping chief, met with the country’s Prime Minister, Felix Moloua

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[New Times] Multi-award-winning American artiste and producer John Legend, popularly known for his hit song 'All of Me', is set to headline the Move Africa tour both in Kigali and Lagos in February, 2025.

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[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says it is investigating nearly 800 suspects arrested for alleged internet fraud during a massive raid last week in Lagos.

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[VOA] Kampala -- A Ugandan International Crimes Division Court has ordered the Ugandan government to pay reparations to war crimes victims affected by atrocities committed by former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo.

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[RFI] Cyclone Chido claimed at least 34 lives after sweeping across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced TuesdayCyclone Chido has claimed at least 34 lives and caused widespread destruction across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management confirmed on Tuesday. The powerful storm, which made landfall earlier this week, has left thousands displaced and severely damaged infrastructure, including homes and roads.

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[New Zimbabwe] The Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA) is concerned with maternal mortality and other complications arising from unsafe abortions among adolescents and women which has seen them celebrating a recent landmark ruling outlawing the prohibition of safe abortions.

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[New Times] As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of Covid-19 and Marburg virus disease (MVD), scientists are increasingly alarmed by the growing threat of zoonotic diseases--infections that jump from animals to humans.

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[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- A Kenyan aid group is helping refugees improve their lives by providing affordable loans that will help finance their businesses. At least 13,000 refugees in exile have received loans.

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[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- The storm named Chido killed at least seven people in Malawi and affected more than 30,000 others, disaster officials said Tuesday.

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[The Herald] Mbudzi Interchange has now been renamed Trabablas Interchange, after President Mnangagwa's liberation war name as a way of recognising and appreciating his sterling development work, Cabinet announced yesterday.

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[IPS] Madrid -- Planet Earth is drying up, relentlessly. Over three-quarters of all lands have become permanently drier in the last three decades. This is not jut a statistic but a stark scientific fact. But while such an 'existential crisis' affects nearly every region, guess where -and who- are the most hit?