The World Health Organization says it is horrified by the findings of an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse by staff working in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an Ebola outbrea... Read more
The Nigerian government says it has suspended the passports of more than 2,000 Nigerians accused of violating Covid-prevention protocols after returning from abroad. Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, who... Read more
Guinea’s military junta has barred its members from running in the next elections that will mark a return to civilian rule. It came as the junta announced on Monday a transitional charter th... Read more
US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead a public health programme on combating HIV/Aids, known as the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar). Dr Nkengaso... Read more
Billboards with large portraits of Liberian President George Weah are being lined up on the streets of the capital Monrovia, ahead of his 55th birthday on 1 October. The billboards being ere... Read more
More students who had been kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been released after payment of ransom. Some 10 students were released on Sunday, according to a local Christian association, lea... Read more
A plan to tax online content creators in Egypt has sparked mixed reactions. The country’s tax authority asked YouTubers and bloggers to register and declare their annual income. The go... Read more
A Kenyan police officer who went missing from work and could not be found for nine months because no one knew he had been admitted to hospital – has resurfaced. Reuben Kimutai Lel was... Read more
A number of Tunisia’s political parties have condemned President Kais Saied’s decision to strengthen his powers – enabling him to rule by decree in a range of areas. Four f... Read more
Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircrafts, the Algerian presidency has said. The move was announced “in view of the continued provocations and hostil... Read more
Dr John Nkengasong, the head of Africa CDC, the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to leave the position, the New York Times reports. The paper says th... Read more
The Kenyan and British governments say they are working on a system to recognise Covid vaccine certificates issued in both countries, to facilitate travel between them. This comes after the... Read more
The vice-president of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council has said politicians are to blame for Tuesday’s attempted coup. “Politicians are the main cause behind coups because... Read more
A rebel leader in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Chance Mihonya, an army deserter, set up a... Read more
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