South Sudan recently marked the second anniversary since a brutal conflict began that has killed thousands of people and forced…
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The government of Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the…
Not less than two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border…
Gracious Omondi invigilates the classroom. With incessant, searching eyes, he zigzags the only quarter filled, unpainted room, looking out for…
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has come under renewed criticism for failing poor and developing countries in their 14-year-long battle…
The government of Niger has arrested nine military officers on suspicion of planning a coup, government officials said. The arrests,…
Somali police said several people have been killed after armed men detonated a car bomb and opened fire on a…
The Chief Medical Director of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, Professor Adewale Oke, has said that 5000 babies…
The government of Burundi has reacted angrily to the African Union’s decision to deploy a 5,000 strong peacekeeping force to curb…
Rwandan National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced the provisional results of the referendum that show the majority have voted for…
A new report has emerged and condemned the United Nations (UN) for failing to respond to the child abuse claims…
Tens of thousands of women, many underage, in Ethiopia are being driven to a life of prostitution. The country’s deeply…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, seeks the support of Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) for diversification of…
After two months of dipping and diving in the shallows of South Sudan’s swamps, surviving on water lily roots and…
The richest man in Africa and the owner of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, is buying back his Dangote Flour Mills, for…
The rebel leader in the Central African Republic (CAR) has declared an autonomous state in his northeastern stronghold after rejecting…
Rights advocates have called on South Sudan’s government and rebel leaders to punish commanders accused of recruiting thousands of child…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that with the conduct of peaceful elections and transitions from one government to…
Aid organisations are unable to reach hundreds of thousands of people, and thousands more are at risk of starvation as…
The Egypt’s government has for the second time extended the detention of a journalist accused of “releasing false news aimed…