A relative of one of those killed in the Olembe Stadium crush during the Africa Cup of Nations has said the compensation his family have received can never make up for their loss. Last week,... Read more
Five Sudanese football players died when their boat capsized on Sunday, local media reported. The players were members of al-Milaha football team, a local team in Shendi town (150 Km; 93 mil... Read more
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to travel to London for medical check-ups for approximately two weeks, local media reports. The president has been criticised for failing to t... Read more
Sudan has expressed support for talks to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the state-run Sudan News Agency (Suna) has reported. The Paris-based Sudan Tribune website reported on M... Read more
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has invited South Sudan’s leaders for talks on the peace process in their country. The meeting will bring together President Salva Kiir, Riek Machar a... Read more
Burkina Faso’s new military ruler has approved a transitional charter which will allow him to stay in power for three years. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba signed a charter which was drawn... Read more
The African Union has said it is disturbed by reports of Africans in Ukraine being refused the right to cross the border to safety. The body urged all countries to respect international law... Read more
The powerful son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gen Kainerugaba – who is the c... Read more
Nigeria will on Wednesday start repatriation flights to countries bordering Ukraine for its citizens who are willing to return home, according to the foreign minister. Geoffrey Onyeama said... Read more
Some 1,000 Ukrainian tourists are stranded in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar after the Ukrainian airspace was closed to civilian flights following Russia’s milita... Read more
Ivory Coast’s former parliament Speaker, Guillaume Soro, has denied the discovery of weapons at his residence in Bouake, in the economic capital Abidjan. Mr Soro has been in exile in E... Read more
Ukraine’s honorary consul in Guinea has been suspended for “gross negligence” for urging the junta to make clear its position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Charles Amara Sossoadouno, a Gu... Read more
Armed men in northern Cameroon have kidnapped five people working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), local officials say. The abduction of the French medical charity employees took place du... Read more
A Kenyan girl has been sentenced to five years in jail for manslaughter over a school dormitory fire that killed nine of her colleagues. The 18-year-old committed the offence in 2017 while a... Read more
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