Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Maputo has denied forcing staff to work every weekend without overtime pay and discriminating against Mozambican staff. “Everything mentioned in the pap... Read more
A Nigerian entrepreneur faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty in the US to charges of internet fraud worth $11m (£8.7m). Obinwanne Okeke, now 32, was lauded in Forbes Africa... Read more
A post has been circulating falsely claiming that 2018 Nobel laureate Dr Dénis Mukwege resigned from Covid-19 response teams in DR Congo because he had been ordered to declare illnesses and... Read more
Tens of thousands of people have once again gathered in Bamako’s Independence square for the latest in a series of protests called by the influential and radical Imam, Mahmoud Dicko: T... Read more
A distraught father in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is calling on the authorities to help search for his four-year-old daughter who was swept away in recent flash flooding. The littl... Read more
At least 13 people have died and others are missing after Thursday’s mudslide in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, the AFP news agency reports. The West African nation has been e... Read more
Ghanaian World War Two veteran Private Joseph Hammond says he is “overwhelmed and filled with joy” by the news that the Queen has honoured his fundraising efforts in the fight ag... Read more
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has refused to rule out the possibility that the position of Prime Minister may be created in an upcoming referendum as a way to see him retain power past the... Read more
Kenya was elected to the UN Security Council on Thursday after defeating Djibouti in a run-off vote. The east African nation will replace South Africa in the non-permanent seat. It received... Read more
Kenya and Djibouti will compete in a run-off vote on Thursday to become Africa’s next representative on the Security Council after an inconclusive first round of voting. The United Nat... Read more
Inflation in Zimbabwe has risen to 785%, which makes it the second highest rate in the world after Venezuela. It follows a steep rise in prices and the collapse of a local currency introduce... Read more
After months of wrangling and internal disputes, cash-strapped South African Airways (SAA) finally has a business rescue plan, but it’s going to cost the state nearly $600m (£475m) for the p... Read more
The US authorities say they have frozen the assets of six Nigerian nationals for cyber fraud amounting to about $6m (£4.7m). The fraudsters targeted American individuals and small businesses... Read more
South Africa’s opposition figure Julius Malema has said President Cyril Ramaphosa will be held personally responsible for coronavirus-related deaths following his decision to reopen the econ... Read more
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