Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a town in northern South Africa and wounded his son during a raid at their home on Thursday night, according to police. Moses Maluleke, 56, was the mayor o... Read more

The Malian army says it has repelled a terror attack on its main military base just outside the capital, Bamako. It says two cars packed with explosives were detonated at the Kati military b... Read more

An Ethiopian student who carried firewood during his graduation in honour of his hardworking mother now has a job offer for his good gesture. Images of Ephrem Belete, a graduate of computer... Read more

Nsamba, who was the founder and director of the African Space Research Program is known for his innovation and installation of the world’s largest incubator, dubbed SAVANT X. He largely buil... Read more

A coalition of South Sudan’s opposition parties and rebel groups still fighting the government has warned that the country is on the verge of collapse. The Opposition Movements Allianc... Read more

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black and democratically elected president, would have celebrated his 104th birthday today. Mandela devoted his life to empowering women and men re... Read more

Girls in rural Zimbabwe are forced to use cow dung for sanitary wear as inflation hits feminine hygiene products. Constance Dimingo, 19, wriggles in her wheelchair as she tries to remember t... Read more

The Zambian Minister for Mines and Minerals Development, Hon. Paul C. Kabuswe on Wednesday, 6th July 2022 led a 6-member delegation to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to familiar... Read more

Sierra Leone’s information minister has defended plans to decriminalise abortion – a contentious issue in the West Africa nation. Rahman Swaray said it was not a gimmick – and th... Read more

A former aide to ex-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has lost a bid to challenge a judge’s conclusion he was jointly responsible for the killing of police officer Yvonne Fletcher in 1984.... Read more

More than 400 prisoners are missing following a raid on a prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, officials say. Four inmates, a security guard and several attackers were killed after the p... Read more

The secretary general of Opec, Muhammad Barkindo, 63, died on Tuesday night in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, according to officials. His death was announced on Wednesday morning in a twe... Read more

A doctor who killed a mother-of-three when he botched a procedure during a routine appointment has been jailed. Dr Isyaka Mamman, now thought to be 85, admitted gross negligence manslau... Read more