Africa
African Union mission urges return to ‘constitutional order’ in ...
An African Union mission recommended on Wednesday that Chad's military share power with a civilian president, as one of three options towards ...
Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against Islamist ...
As tobacco declines, Malawi must switch to ...
Six Zimbabweans face multiple charges linked to ...
Ethiopia’s state telecoms monopoly launches mobile money service
Ethiopia's sole mobile operator, Ethio Telecom, launched a mobile phone-based financial service on Tuesday, seeking to ...
Cameroonian transgender women convicted of 'attempted homosexuality'
A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for "attempted homosexuality"
Power generation woes in Ivory Coast and Ghana hit industry and neighbours
A drop in electricity generation in Ivory Coast and Ghana has left households and businesses fuming as well as cutting ...
Zambia, IMF make progress towards bail-out loan programme
Zambia's finance ministry said on Monday that it had reached a broad agreement with the International Monetary Fund ...
Insurer of ship that blocked Suez Canal says reduced claim still high
UK Club, an insurer of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, said on Monday a reduced compensation ...
Ethiopian peacekeepers moved to Sudanese refugee camp after seeking asylum
Thirty-five Ethiopian peacekeeping soldiers were flown from Darfur in western Sudan to a refugee camp near the border ...
Islamist militia kills Malawian peacekeeper in east Congo
A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo's North Kivu province ...
Portugal to send another 60 troops to Mozambique on training mission
Portugal will send a further 60 troops to Mozambique as part of a new cooperation agreement aimed at helping the ...
Botswana and Zambia agree to work with Zimbabwe 'in principle' on Kazungula Bridge
Botswana and Zambia have agreed in principle to incorporate Zimbabwe into the Kazungula Bridge lying across the Zambezi ...
Suicide bomber kills six police officers in Somali capital
A suicide bomber killed six police officers in front of a district police station in the Somali capital Mogadishu late ...
Egypt executes monk for murder of bishop at monastery
Authorities carried out the death penalty on an Egyptian monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer ...
Six killed at southern Nigerian police station
Armed attackers killed six people at a police station in southern Nigeria, a police spokesman said on Sunday, bringing ...
Purchase of new voting devices pushes IEC’s election budget to R2bn
The amount could escalate to cover the cost of adhering to Covid-19 protocols
South Sudan president dissolves parliament in line with peace deal
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, a long-awaited step to pave the way for the appointment of ...
Child’s burial 78,000 years ago in Kenya was a Homo sapiens milestone
It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered ...
Egypt receives 1.7 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses through Covax
Egypt has received a batch of more than 1.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the Covax initiative, the health ministry said on Thursday.