ONE of Africa’s most prestigious universities has banned those attending its graduation ceremony from carrying phones, cameras and video cameras.…
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SOUTH Africa declared a national disaster on Monday as floods hit seven of its nine provinces, damaging roads and bridges…
A TWO-Day curfew has been called in a northern province of Equatorial Guinea, called Kié-Ntem, after 20 people died of…
SOMALIA has reopened its embassy in the UK after 32 years, in a ceremony attended by ambassador Abdulkadir Ahmed Kheyr,…
TEN people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners’ association said on Thursday.…
THE deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi’s history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce, the World Health…
ZAMBIA’S President Hakainde Hichilema has commuted the death sentences of 390 prisoners to life imprisonment. The announcement follows Mr Hichilema’s…
THE authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the number of people killed during the latest protest against UN…
RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has promised continued military support for Mali, which has been battling a jihadist insurgency for…
A HIGH court in Malawi has lifted the government’s suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Martha Chizuma,…
SOCIAL media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has failed to stop a Kenyan court from hearing a…
A MEDIA tycoon in Cameroon has been arrested in connection with the killing of the prominent radio journalist, Martinez Zogo.…
ACTOR Idris Elba has announced plans to build a film studio in Ghana, after meeting with the country’s President Nana…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has asked his deputy, David Mabuza, to remain in his position until a transition is finalised. Mr…
ETHOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held his first face-to-face talks on Friday with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal…
EAST African regional leaders have renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern…
THE Russian ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR) has said that 1,890 “Russian instructors” were present in the country,…
FOUR South African police officers accused of assaulting and torturing a Nigerian on Friday made their first court appearance at…
THREE Kenyan police officers were on Friday given sentences ranging from 24 years in jail to the death penalty for…
SEVERAL people have been arrested in Cameroon over the murder of a prominent journalist Martinez Zongo, the presidency said on…