People in Chad have been voting in a presidential election that is expected to give one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders a sixth term. President Idriss Déby, who seized power in a m... Read more
At least 40 people were burnt alive after a bus carrying flammable cargo crashed and burst into flames in Democratic of Congo’s province of Kwilu, east of the capital Kinshasa, officials say... Read more
Kenya’s drugs authority has denied that a Kenyan has died from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board’s deputy director Dr Peter Ikamati said the death of... Read more
Ugandans have reacted to the announcement that government has allocated land for Senegalese-American singer Akon to build a city that will operate on his Akoin cryptocurrency. Akon said he h... Read more
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted resolution A/RES/58/234 designating 7 April as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda and encourages “all Member... Read more
More than 1,800 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria after it was attacked by gunmen, officials say. The attackers reportedly entered the prison yard in the south-eastern town of Ow... Read more
Ethiopian Airlines says it’s co-operating with an investigation by Zambian authorities after one of its cargo planes mistakenly landed at an airport still under construction near the c... Read more
Is police abuse gone from Nigeria? Last October, a wave of protests against police brutality shook Nigeria to the core. “It was something that [many Nigerians] had never seen... Read more
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has announced a night curfew in all the country’s provincial capitals for 21 days to stop the spread of coronavirus. Starting Tuesday midnight, the 10:00 to... Read more
A report by the World Bank has estimated that Africa needs about $12bn (£8.6bn) to buy and distribute enough coronavirus vaccines to interrupt transmission of the virus. A paper written with... Read more
Niger has had its first democratic transfer of power after Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as president. It comes just days after the government says it thwarted an attempted coup by parts of th... Read more
The United Nations mission in Mali says four of its peacekeepers have been killed by suspected jihadists in the north of the country. It said several others were wounded when the insurgents... Read more
Liberia’s President George Weah has imposed a night curfew on the coastal county of Maryland after several days of violent demonstrations involving tens of thousands of mostly female p... Read more
Madagascar has changed tact and decided to join the global Covid-19 vaccine initiative Covax. “There are still many steps to be taken before access to the vaccines, but the registratio... Read more
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