Africa
Tanzania opposition names presidential candidate who survived ...
A politician who survived being shot 16 times in an apparent assassination attempt will challenge Tanzania's president in October elections, his ...
Congo to suspend value-added tax exemption for mining imports
Democratic Republic of Congo is suspending the value-added tax (VAT) exemption on imports by mining companies in an effort to bolster state revenue, ...
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa blames woes on US ‘thugs’
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga decries ...
Egypt lawmakers approve bill to protect sex assault victims’ identity
Egyptian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law that would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment the ...
Egypt to withdraw from latest dam talks for internal consultations
Egypt said on Tuesday that it has decided to withdraw from the latest round of tripartite negotiations with Ethiopia ...
Somalia sets up disaster warning centre to battle floods and locusts
At a government building in a former United Nations compound in Mogadishu, Khadar Sheikh Mohamed stares at a bank of ...
Africa Community Cup announced by Esports Zimbabwe
The first Africa Community Cup will feature three tournaments, namely Mortal Kombat 11, FIFA 20 and PUBG Mobile
President Mnangagwa lashes out at ‘terrorist opposition’ in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a televised address on Tuesday that “dark forces” were attempting to derail his ...
African activists fight violence against women one law at a time
As a young girl growing up in northern Zimbabwe's mining community of Mashonaland, Beatrice Savadye watched as her ...
Three Gambian ministers test positive for Covid-19
Three cabinet ministers in Gambia have tested positive for Covid-19, the presidency said, in a further sign the virus ...
Poachers spear Uganda’s most famous gorilla to death, in ‘self-defence’
Hunters have killed one of the world’s best-known silverback gorillas in Uganda in what is understood to be the first ...
South Africans show solidarity with Zimbabweans in online protest
Thousands of South Africans have joined Zimbabweans in their protest and calls for a just and less corrupt government ...
Zimbabwean crackdown: what you need to know about the protests, arrests and global outrage
A tweet by a government official, Nick Mangwana, further angered many after he said no-one is above the law in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe crushing dissenting voices, say human rights lawyers
From arresting a person carrying the national flag in public to forcing another to drink urine, the regime in Zimbabwe ...
Burkina opposition leader Diabre to run for president
Burkina Faso's main opposition leader Zephirin Diabre on Saturday promised "real change" in the insurgency-hit country, ...
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga arrested during protest
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga was arrested during anti-government protests on Friday, an AFP ...
Soldier in eastern DR Congo shoots dead at least 12 civilians
A drunken soldier in DR Congo's troubled east opened fire on passers-by, killing at least 12 people including a ...
Africa can beat Covid-19, but it’d better move now: CDC head
Africa – with fewer than 5,000 Covid-19 cases in 37 of its 55 nations – can still beat the pandemic, Africa Centres ...
Telkom Kenya says no longer pursuing joint venture with Airtel Kenya
Telkom Kenya said on Wednesday it was no longer pursuing a proposed joint venture transaction with the Kenyan unit of India's Bharti Airtel