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Botswana auctions permits to hunt elephants to ...

Africa's overall elephant population is declining due to poaching but Botswana, home to almost a third of the ...

By Reuters

Equatorial Guinea agrees on $2M solidarity contribution to support China’s ...

According to the latest updates, the coronavirus has killed almost 500 people worldwide, mostly Chinese citizens and ...

By APO Group

Lesotho PM's wife released on bail ahead of murder trial, says lawyer

The Lesotho prime minister's wife Maesaiah Thabane was released on bail overnight, ahead of her trial for the murder of ...

By Reuters

Sudan casts doubt on early normalisation of ties with Israel

Sudan cast doubt on Tuesday on an early normalisation of historically hostile ties with Israel, a day after Israeli ...

By Reuters

Malawi top court annuls Mutharika’s 2019 election victory

Justices say vote irregularities were widespread, systematic and grave

By Frank Phiri

African youth activists warn of 'great danger' from climate chaos

Africans are facing worsening food and water insecurity among other threats from climate and weather extremes — but few ...

By Laurie Goering and Thomson Reuters Foundation

Former Kenya president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95

Tough autocrat was his country's longest-serving leader from 1978 to 2002

By George Obulutsa

Africa’s children in the cross hairs as internet and smartphone access ...

Cybersex criminals in Africa have 'free rein', and the continent’s girls and young women suffer frequent and horrific ...

By Matthew Savides

Kenya Airways suspends all flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Kenya Airways has suspended all flights to and from China until further notice amid a coronavirus outbreak that has so ...

By Maggie Fick

Mauritius follow SA's lead and withdraw from controversial Futsal Africa ...

Mauritius have belatedly followed the lead of South Africa and withdrawn from the on-going Futsal Africa Cup of Nations ...

By Nick Said

Ami Faku's star rising into the stratosphere

Singer and songwriter Ami Faku might be a new kid on the block but she is definitely enjoying popularity at the moment.

By Patience Bambalele

Mozambique, Vietnam, Russia and more ban visas for travellers from China

The coronavirus has officially been declared an international health crisis by the World Health Organisation as the ...

By Busang Senne

Eighteen Nigerian states grapple with leprosy epidemic

Eighteen states in Nigeria are experiencing a leprosy epidemic, with a record 1,095 new cases in 2018 according to the ...

By Busang Senne

Desiree Ellis becomes back-to-back winner at Caf Awards

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis claimed back-to-back Caf Women’s Coach of the Year awards after picking up the 2019 ...

By Nick Said

Female zama zamas 'suffer sexual abuse and ...

Police brutality, sexual abuse and intimidation are some of the challenges zama zamas, particularly women, face in the ...

By Nomahlubi Jordaan

Cheap as bread, girls sell sex to survive drought ...

Young girls in southern Africa are selling sex - sometimes for less than the cost of bread - to survive a hunger crisis ...

By Reuters
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