The government of South Sudan has announced that all the learning institutions in the country will reopen on 3 May after a year of closure because of coronavirus. The government says the cou... Read more
The head of Egyptian railways has been sacked following the latest deadly crash on the network. Ashraf Raslan is among ten top executives to be dismissed or reshuffled. Calls on social media... Read more
Idriss Déby has been a huge figure – three decades in power. The most significant military actor in the region, deploying forces to assist Nigeria in the campaign against Boko Haram, a... Read more
Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisiona... Read more
Twitter’s got its eye on Ghana. The social media giant wants to open new headquarters in Accra – the company’s first in Africa. Twitter’s also recruiting at least a dozen peo... Read more
Some proposed amendments to the information and communications law in Mauritius have sparked debates regarding censorship of social media networks. The Mauritius’ Information and Commu... Read more
Police in Nigeria say they have freed a girl who’d been locked up in a room by her parents for 10 years in the northern state of Kano. Officers say they acted after a tip-off, and the... Read more
Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin on Monday, April 19, 2021, nullified the enstoolment process of a new chief at Teacher Mante in the Eastern Region. The Teacher -Mante traditional sto... Read more
Chad’s long-time leader, Idriss Deby has secured almost 80% of the votes in provisional results following the presidential election. It puts him on track for a sixth consecutive term, extend... Read more
“Before we end, we the settlers of Dedeso-Wirako want to give Opanin Bosompem, the self-acclaimed chief of the area, one-week ultimatum to vacate the land or would be forced to move... Read more
Sisters Keepers Association, an all-women group that seeks the welfare and rights of the elderly and creating awareness about Alzheimer’s/Dementia disease has donated some items to the... Read more
President Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania’s first female president when she replaced John Pombe Magufuli, who died in March. She’s also Africa’s only woman leader, apart from Ethiopia’s... Read more
At least 10 people have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after drinking out-of-date powdered orange-flavoured drinks in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, the authorities say. T... Read more
The Mozambican government has banned the import of poultry products from South Africa because of an outbreak of bird flu. As well as live birds, the ban also includes feathers, eggs and poul... Read more
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