The African Union Commission has launched a consortium for Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials aimed at securing more than 10 trials as early as possible. The new consortium will be headed by t... Read more
The Nigerian government has reversed its decision to reopen schools across the country. The Education Minister Adamu Adamu told reporters at the presidential palace that schools would only r... Read more
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is reported to have said that the Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar is ready to sign a ceasefire agreement. Mr Lavrov said he hoped that Tu... Read more
The police in Ethiopia say at least 177 people were killed in violent protests last week, which were sparked by the killing last Monday of popular musician Hachalu Hundessa. His murder remai... Read more
Malawi’s new government has revoked an order telling the chief justice to go on leave before retirement. Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika had directed the Chief Justice... Read more
Motorcycle taxi operators in Uganda have sued the government for denying them permission to carry passengers. The riders’ association says the government is discriminating against thei... Read more
The day after his 29th birthday in May, Olalekan Jacob Ponle posted a picture on his Instagram standing next to a bright yellow Lamborghini in Dubai. “Stop letting people make you feel... Read more
Nigeria’s Senate has passed a high-profile sexual harassment bill, focused on preventing the sexual harassment of students in university education. The proposed legislation follows a B... Read more
Senegal has renamed a square in its famed memorial slave island Goree, in response to the global anti-racist movement inspired by George Floyd, the African-American who died in US as police... Read more
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked Health Minister Obadiah Moyo over “inappropriate conduct”. Mr Moyo was dismissed “with immediate effect for conduct inapp... Read more
The bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina Faso, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The graves were found in a region where government forces... Read more
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that 49 millions Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic. The AfDB said on Tuesday that West and Central Africa... Read more
Zimbabwe’s largest nursing union says police have arrested more than a dozen nurses and union representatives protesting against poor pay. The nurses are demanding to be paid in US dol... Read more
A new report by the International Crisis Group says that greater cooperation and intelligence-sharing is what is needed to successfully defeat Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad region.... Read more
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