Africa

By Bukola Olasanmi Mali held its long-delayed parliamentary election on Sunday despite an insurgency in its central and northern regions, concerns about coronavirus and the recent kidnapping of the main opposition leader. The…
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South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. "This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,"…
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By Toby Prince Kenya's executive government have agreed to pay cuts as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday. Kenyatta and his deputy will take an 80% pay cut,…
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An eight-month-old baby in Uganda, whose father recently travelled back from Kenya's western city of Kisumu, has tested positive for coronavirus. The baby girl is one of five new cases detected in Uganda. According to health…
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By Toby Prince A Rwandan fisherman who breached the ongoing lockdown to reportedly go about his business has been killed and eaten by a crocodile. The mayor of the southern Kamonyi district, Alice Kayitesi, said the Wednesday…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The President of the National Assembly of Cameroon, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has tested positive for Coronavirus. Djibril was part of an Air France flight declared to be high risk by the medical authorities of the…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Head Pastor of the Open Arms Ministries, Kofi Nkrumah Sarkodie, has been arrested for flouting the ban on public gatherings following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Ghana.  Apostle Sarkodie was reportedly…
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By Toby Prince South Africa confirmed its first coronavirus case after a 38-year-old man who travelled to Italy tested positive, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. A tracer team has been sent to South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province…
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By Toby Prince Africa has recorded a fresh case of coronavirus in Algeria, one week after the first was dispelled in Egypt. A man who was placed in isolation at an Egyptian hospital had tested negative to the disease but six days…
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Egypt’s former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died on Tuesday at age 91 at Cairo’s Galaa military hospital, his brother-in-law General Mounir Thabet told AFP. Thabet, a former high-ranking military official, confirmed the family was…
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By Toby Prince Togo President Faure Gnassingbe has won a fourth term in power, the national electoral commission declared on Monday, as his main rival accused authorities of fraud. The incumbent leader took 72 percent of the vote…
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By Toby Prince Lesotho Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, will be charged with the murder of his estranged wife, who was gunned down ahead of his inauguration in 2017, police said Thursday, as the beleaguered premier announced he would quit…
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By Toby Prince A patient who was placed under surveillance at a hospital in Egypt over coronavirus has tested negative. The patient, said to be a foreigner, was reported as Africa’s first coronavirus case on February 14. But four…
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Cameroon's army on Monday denied opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a troubled English-speaking region, blaming instead an "unfortunate accident" caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight. Up to 22 civilians,…
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By Toby Prince Three Nigerians are among the top 10 billionaires in Africa according to American global media company, Forbes. For the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote was declared as the wealthiest, with an estimated net worth of…
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By Toby Prince A South African court issued an arrest warrant for former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, after he skipped court on grounds of needing medical treatment, but the judge stayed the warrant until his corruption trial resumes…
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By Toby Prince Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi, who kept his country on a relatively stable footing during his tenure but was less successful at reining in poverty and corruption, died on Tuesday, the office of the president and…
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By Toby Prince Eritrea has denounced a U.S. ban on immigrant visas for its citizens, describing it as “unacceptable”. Nigeria and Eritrea were among six countries, four of them in Africa, added to an expanded version of the U.S. visa…
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By Toby Prince A Ugandan minister has attracted ridicule and condemnation of citizens on social media after his comments on bad roads not been entirely bad as thought. Henry Okello Oryem, the state minister for Foreign Affairs is…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Gambian Government has placed an embargo on a movement opposed to President Adama Barrow’s decision to renege on a promise to call elections this year. However, some of his coalition’s members last year reached a…
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By Toby Prince President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s borders were closed because of the smuggling of arms and hard drugs into the country. Speaking with Nana Akufo-Addo, his Ghanaian counterpart, at a bilateral meeting on the…
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Toby Prince with Agency reports Nigeria and some other West African Contries have kicked against the adoption of Eco as regional currency. This is contained in a communique read by Mr Mamadi CAMARA, the Minister for Economy and…
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)  has condemned Thursday’s terrorist attack on a military base in Niger which left no fewer than 89 soldiers dead. The council’s position came in a resolution along with a one-minute silence in…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina for a second term as President of the institution. Mr Adesina who served…
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For five days, the sky of Otukpo lit up in pink, red and black colours. Others flash like strobes. The night skyline of St. Mary’s Primary School, venue of the grand gathering glowed in a grandiose carnival of shade like the night skies at…
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(Reuters) - A Sudanese court sentenced 29 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on Monday over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar…
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By Toby Prince The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, for a second term. ECOWAS President, Jean-Claude Kassi, announced…
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By Toby Prince After eight months without a leader, Algeria inaugurated its new president Thursday during a pomp-filled ceremony that pro-democracy protesters rejected as a charade. Members of the African nation’s governing elite hope…
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By Toby Prince A Sudanese court on Saturday convicted former president Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges and sentenced him to two years of detention in a reform facility, the first ruling against the ex-leader ousted by mass unrest.…
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Sudan’s ousted long-time leader Omar al-Bashir was summoned for questioning on Tuesday over his role in the 1989 coup that brought him to power. Mohamed al-Amin, a member of Bashir’s defence, told reporters of the summons on Tuesday.…
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