By Al Jazeera Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in as Burundi’s president for a controversial third term in power, the…
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By Richard Nield South Sudan’s government has failed to sign to a peace agreement to end almost two years of…
By Al Jazeera Three young females, including a minor, have accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping them in the Central…
The US is proposing that the UN Security Council impose an arms embargo on South Sudan after its leader surprised…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the country will entertain Sierra Leone’s qualifying matches for the 2017 Africa…
By Al Jazeera Ghana plans to bring in more than 170 doctors from Cuba to help mitigate the deficiencies from…
By Al Jazeera China has devalued its currency once again sparking fears of a global currency war that is unsettling…
By Al Jazeera The US says it is consulting with other countries about imposing UN sanctions on anyone who undermined…
Immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has slammed Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimhole, for describing…
As a school student Gbenga Sesan was denied access to the computer room at his Nigerian school and told he…
Nigerian comedy has boomed in the last decade, and Bright “Basketmouth” Okpocha is, arguably, the country’s most successful stand-up comic.…
Kate Henshaw has always been known as one of the Nollywood stars with integrity. Nollywood is the second largest film…
Just after being crowned the Best Female Artist in Africa at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards – “Nagode” and…
By Al Jazeera The global burden of disease caused by treatable surgical conditions is twice that of HIV/AIDS, malaria and…
By Al Jazeera Niokolo Koba Park in Senegal is an important world heritage site, which started out as a hunting…
Fraught with logistic and security concerns journalists have struggled to report on Boko Haram’s insurgency in northern Nigeria. Since 2009,…
By Al Jazeera The African Union (AU) has said that there may be “catastrophic consequences” for Burundi and the region…
By Mandeep Tiwana Since August 16, 2012, South Africans have been coming to terms with the police killing of 34…
By Al Jazeera Their job is to protect the most vulnerable people in what are often impoverished and war-torn regions…
By Al Jazeera Unidentified attackers have shot and killed Burundi’s former army chief of staff in the second high-profile killing…