Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on Thursday that...
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the inauguration of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) will accelerate transactions in Africa. Akufo-Addo, represented by the Vice President...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that he was deeply saddened by reports that more than 50 civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike in...
The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has issued a shoot-to-kill order against the protesters threatening his government’s survival. “I have given orders to the security forces...
At least six villagers were killed on Monday in an attack by al-Shabab militants at a village in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu, local officials said....
South African Police on Monday charged a man with arson over a fire that caused extensive damage to the national parliament building in Cape Town. This...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday expressed concern over the unfolding security situation in the capital, Tripoli, where forces affiliated with different armed...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after finishing a week of self-isolation due to testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), his office said...
The wife of the Governor of Borno, Dr Falmata Zulum, the Ambassador of the state of Palestine to Nigeria, Ahmed Elkachachi, 102-year old Pan Africanist, Mrs...
A police officer in Nairobi allegedly killed six people, including his wife, before finally turning the gun on himself early on Tuesday. According to police, security...