Kapchorwa hospital in eastern Uganda has been partially closed after 19 staff members tested positive for coronavirus. The district chief administrative officer said only maternal health ser... Read more

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African leaders for supporting a joint continental strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. John Nkengasong told t... Read more

The head of Mali’s military government, Colonel Assimi Goita, has called on West African leaders to lift economic sanctions imposed in the wake of last month’s coup, following th... Read more

The authorities in Mozambique are considering closing up beaches and tightening safety measures to limit the spread of coronavirus. This is after beachgoers were witnessed violating safety p... Read more

A protester was killed and others injured in Cameroon during anti-government protests held across the country on Tuesday, according to the opposition party’s lawyer. The lawyer, Robert... Read more

A section of police officers in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have been buying their own uniforms from civilian tailors to comply with an alleged order to wear new-look uniforms despite la... Read more

The UK has threatened to issue visa bans on Nigerian politicians linked to electoral violence ahead of governorship elections in two states later this month. It has also warned of their pote... Read more

The UN children’s agency Unicef has “expressed deep concern” over the imprisonment and treatment of a 13-year-old boy convicted for blasphemy. In August, Omar Farouq was se... Read more

Every single country in Africa has applied to Fifa to access a grant through the world governing body’s Covid-19 Relief Plan. Formally approved in June, the Fifa fund is making US$1.5... Read more

The authorities in Tanzania have lifted “with immediate effect” a ban on Kenyan airlines weeks after it imposed it as a retaliation to its neighbour’s ban on its carriers.... Read more

A court in Zimbabwe has issued an arrest warrant for opposition MP, Joana Mamombe, after she failed to attend trial on Monday to face accusations of faking her abduction in May, state-owned... Read more

Police in Tanzania have arrested the owner of a school where 10 pupils died in a dormitory fire on Monday. Seven other pupils were also injured during the fire and have been admitted to hosp... Read more

An Algerian journalist convicted of undermining national unity has had his prison sentence reduced to two years on appeal. .Khaled Drareni was originally sentenced to three years in jail... Read more