Oman has suspended arrivals from 10 countries for 15 days to limit the spread of Covid-19. Out of the 10, eight are Africa countries. They include Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Gha... Read more
Findings of a survey in Nigeria suggest that rates of infection from Covid-19 in the country are much higher than previously reported. The results indicate that one in five of those tested i... Read more
A special plane carrying a consignment of Ebola vaccine landed in Guinea on Monday night. A dust storm in the Sahara forced the aircraft off course on Sunday when it was diverted to Senegal.... Read more
A team from the Democratic Republic of Congo presidency will be deployed to Goma to support investigations into the assassination of Italian ambassador. The team will leave on Tuesday and re... Read more
A Rwandan opposition politician living in exile in South Africa has been shot dead. Reports say Seif Bamporiki was killed while delivering furniture to a client on Sunday afternoon in Cape T... Read more
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of seven soldiers who died in a plane crash in the capital, Abuja. The authorities have launched an investigation into the... Read more
The regional leaders of Somalia’s semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Jubbaland skipped a meeting convened by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to unlock a stalemate on how to pr... Read more
Heavy gunfire has broken out in Somalia’s capital as opposition leaders defied a ban on public gatherings to protest about delayed elections. The president’s term expired last we... Read more
A Zambian sculptor is staging a one-day hunger strike after his sculpture, aimed at raising awareness against poaching and environmental degradation, was razed to the ground to pave way for... Read more
The Somali government has suspended public gatherings citing a rise in Covid-19 cases. The move is likely to affect Friday’s planned protests against the political uncertainty in the c... Read more
A US court has sentenced a Nigerian businessman to 10 years in jail for running a cyber fraud scheme that stole at least $11m (£8m) from its victims. Obinwanna Okeke, also known as Invictus... Read more
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, wants the chief justice to recuse himself from hearing a petition challenging the re-election of President Yoweri M... Read more
A South African judge says he wants ex-President Jacob Zuma to be given a jail sentence for failing to appear before him to answer corruption allegations. Mr Zuma, 79, ignored a summons to a... Read more
Newly appointed head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says having “early wins and successes” in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic will help resto... Read more
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