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
The Catholic Church in Nigeria’s southern Edo state says an Italian priest who was abducted last Sunday by gunmen has returned alive – but there are contrasting accounts about how he r... Read more
Uganda’s health ministry has proposed a new law aimed in part at preventing the illicit trade in human organs. The bill on organ donation, which has just gone before parliament, aims to prot... Read more
The authorities in Niger state in central Nigeria have ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating attack on a mining site, k... Read more
Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government. In a televised speech, he said the armed forces would not stand in t... Read more
A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos’ main airport, according to police. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with smuggling 23kg... Read more
A letter signed by 34 British MPs and Lords has been delivered to the Egyptian embassy expressing their opposition to the imprisonment of a British national in Egypt. The group hopes that Al... Read more
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