THE United Nations chief has called for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to reform its outdated structure and assign Africa…
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THE leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial for manslaughter on Monday over the deaths of more than…
A LANDSLIDE at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed at least 18 people, authorities have reported as…
PAUL Kagame has been sworn in for a fourth term as Rwanda’s president after winning 99% of the vote in…
A US court has convicted a Mozambican former finance minister over a 10-year-old conspiracy that triggered the worst economic crisis…
GLOBALLY, freedom of expression is enshrined in international agreements, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that “everyone…
A BRITISH terror suspect has been deported to the UK after completing a lengthy prison sentence in Kenya. Jermaine Grant,…
THE family of an 11-year-old girl allegedly killed by a US diplomat in Zimbabwe in a road accident in June…
ZAMBIAN police said Thursday they had arrested opposition politician Fred M’membe over a post alleging the DR Congo leader claimed…
KENYAN police have fired tear gas to disperse small groups of anti-government protesters in the capital, Nairobi, demanding better governance…
THE West African Defence chiefs have called for the enthronement of civilian rule among member states, insisting it is the…
RUSSIA has accused Ukraine of opening a “second front” in the war between them in Africa after Mali and Niger…
TWO years after a global outbreak, fears are rife that a new strain of mpox — previously known as monkeypox…
SOUTH African police said they rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in…
SECURITY forces in Somalia’s southern city of Kismayo have seized hundreds of Islamic face veils from female residents, the city’s…
MALI says it has cut diplomatic relations with Ukraine, after a military official suggested Kyiv had played a role in…
THE Horn of Africa would experience below-average rainfall during the October-December season, potentially leading to drought conditions, international agencies warned…
AFRICAN finance ministers and central bank governors have outlined a four-point strategy to enhance intra-African trade and stimulate economic growth.…
THE civil war in Sudan has pushed a camp housing about 500,000 displaced people near the besieged Darfur city of…
AT least 32 people have been killed and many more wounded in a suicide bombing and gun attack on a…