Africa

• Zimbabwe's COVID-19 Vaccines Run Out As Country Records Spike In Cases

  6 hours ago - by Sydney Elike

  Zimbabwe has run out of COVID-19 vaccines amid a surge in cases and fears of an impending third wave. The southern African nation's vaccination...

• Angola Registers Over 5,500 Deaths From Malaria In First 5 Months

  4 days ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  At least 5,573 deaths from malaria have been registered in Angola in the first five months of 2021, Health Minister, Silvia Lutucuta, has said. Spe...

• Zambia's Founding Father, Former President Kenneth Kaunda, Dies At 97

  4 days ago - by Bada Yusuf Amoo

  The former President of Zambia and one of the Liberation giants in Africa, Kenneth Kaunda had died on Thursday at the age of 97. His death came follow...

• AU Deploys Observers For Ethiopia General Elections

  2 weeks ago - by Bada Yusuf Amoo

  The African Union (AU) on Saturday said it has deployed its long-term observers for Ethiopia’s general elections scheduled to take place on...

• ECOWAS Parliament Inaugurates Street Children Initiative, Parliament

  2 weeks ago - by Bada Yusuf Amoo

  The ECOWAS Parliament, in its bid to curb the rise in the number of children on the street as well as lifting them up, has unveiled an initiative to a...

• AU Suspends Mali With Immediate Effect Following Second Coup

  2 weeks ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  The African Union (AU) has suspended Mali from the continental body with immediate effect until normal constitutional order is restored in the country...

• Ugandan Minister Survives Assassination Attempt

  3 weeks ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  The Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, General Katumba Wamal, on Tuesday, survived an assassination attempt, the local broadcaster NBS News...

• Mali Court Names Coup Leader, Assimi Goita As Interim President

  3 weeks ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  The colonel who led a military coup in the West African nation of Mali this week is now officially the country’s leader. Mali’s Constit...

• Ethiopia: UN Raises Alarm Over Sexual Abuses, Abduction In Tigray Region

  3 weeks ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  UN agencies expressed deep concern on Friday about the serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians facing food insecurity in Et...

• Macron Visits Rwanda In Bid To Normalise Ties Clouded For Years

  3 weeks ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday arrived in Rwanda in a bid to normalize relations between the two countries. The relationship had been...

• Mali: President Bah N’Daw Resigns, See Why

  3 weeks ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  Mali’s transitional leader Bah Ndaw has resigned while he and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are in detention after being arrested by the military ...

• Africa Essential For Sustainable Development, Poverty Reduction — UN Chief

  3 weeks ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  UN Secretary-General, António Guterres says Africa is essential for sustainable development, poverty, and building peace globally. Guterres ...

• Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's Remains To Be Exhumed, Reburied

  4 weeks ago - by Sydney Elike

  The remains of late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is set to be exhumed and reburied following the order given by a chief in the nation. CNN ...

• Mariam Chabi Talata: First Female Vice President Of The Republic Of Benin

  4 weeks ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  The first female Vice President of the Republic of Benin, Mariam Talata was sworn into office on Sunday, May 23, 2021, with Presid...

• Kenya To Vaccinate 3.4m Children Against Polio

  1 month ago - by Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe

   Kenya’s Ministry of Health, on Thursday, said it will vaccinate 3.4 million children below five years in 13 counties against polio in...