On Wednesday evening she had the task of announcing to Tanzanians that President John Magufuli had died and now Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan is due to take his place as the country... Read more
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Ha... Read more
King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died in hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related issues. The king, 72, was the leader of South Africa’s... Read more
Twenty five people belonging to the same family were among 35 people who died in Mozambique’s northern Muecate district after reportedly eating wild plants and fruits, the authorities... Read more
Burundi’s ministry of commerce has banned maize grain and flour imports for the next six months starting 8 March. A statement from the ministry said recently imported maize was found t... Read more
Mauritius entered into a 15-day national lockdown on Wednesday morning after a rise in new local Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the month. The Indian Ocean Island nation recorded five... Read more
The UK has promised to return to Nigeria £4.2m ($5.8m) which was stolen by a former governor. Former Delta State Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012. He... Read more
A new round of protests has been planned in Senegal from Monday as opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is expected to make a court appearance in the capital, Dakar, following his arrest last w... Read more
Officials in Equatorial Guinea have appealed for international help following a series of explosions that left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. The cause of the blasts has been put d... Read more
Nigeria is beginning mass Covid-19 immunisation in the capital, Abuja, using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines acquired through Covax – a UN-backed initiative to ensure poorer nations acquir... Read more
The Senegalese authorities have suspended the signal of two private television stations after accusing them of focusing too much on protests triggered by the arrest of an opposition lea... Read more
There were chaotic scenes on Wednesday in north-western Nigeria as parents were reunited with their kidnapped daughters in the town of Jangebe. Eyewitnesses say at least three people were sh... Read more
The UN says at least 20 African migrants died after smugglers threw them overboard off the coast of Djibouti. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said at least 80 people were... Read more
Zambia’s up to its eyeballs in debt. Late last year, it became the first African country to default on its foreign debt since the Covid pandemic began. “We’re on a downhill traject... Read more
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