Tensions mount in Burkina Faso after coup attempt
A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces.
Local media report that a...
TikToker dies after collapsing during live broadcast
A TikTok content creator widely known as ‘Disturbing’ has passed away after suffering a seizure during a live broadcast at his home in the...
Namibian minister sacked after being accused of rape
Namibia's agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago.Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly...
Late gospel singer, Osinachi’s husband sentenced
Justice Nwosu-Iheme of an FCT High Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, April 28, sentenced Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late...
World Bank projects increase in poverty for Nigerians by 2027
The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points over the next five years, reaching 2027.
The World Bank...
Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in attack by al-Qaeda group
Benin's government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country's north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS is regrettable – Mahama
President John Mahama has described the decision by Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Burkina Faso army says it foiled ‘major’ coup plot
Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters...
Gambian ex-soldier convicted of torture in rare US trial
A former Gambian soldier has been convicted on torture charges by a US court for his involvement in crimes committed while feared strongman Yahya...
More than 400 killed by rebels in Sudan says UN
More than 400 people have been killed in recent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's Darfur region, says the UN,...
Nigerian bandit kingpin and 100 followers killed
A notorious bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint military operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say.Gwaska Dankarami...
Gabon coup leader wins election by huge margin
Gabon's military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema - who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty - has won Saturday's presidential...
Nigerian governor warns of Boko Haram comeback
The governor of Nigeria's Borno state has warned that jihadist group Boko Haram is making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of...
Algeria blocks flights from Mali after drone shot down
Algeria has closed its airspace to all flights to and from Mali as the row over a drone that was shot down close to...
Ablakwa tours Dr. Sam Jonah’s 501-hectare River Park estate in Nigeria
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has embarked on a three-day working visit to Nigeria.The trip is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and...
Nigerian pastor acquitted of rape after eight years in South African jail
After spending eight years in jail, a Nigerian televangelist accused of raping young women from his South African church has been found not guilty...
Outrage after man says he married 8-year-old missing girl
Outrage has spread in Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was found living with a man who said...
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger foreign ministers to visit Moscow this week
The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties,...
Ethiopia unveils 100 electric buses in Addis Ababa
The Addis Ababa City Administration has introduced 100 electric buses in the Ethiopian capital, marking a significant step in promoting electric mobility across the country,...
Zambia president orders ministers to stop sleeping in cabinet
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has warned ministers against dozing off during meetings, attributing their lack of attentiveness to "indulgence" and an absence of self-control."In...
West African juntas impose levy on imported goods
West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new...
Militants kill 16 on Nigerian army base, military outpost, security sources say
Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military outpost in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, killing at least 16...
Zimbabwe president fires army chief ahead of planned protests
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa acted to consolidate his hold on power with Tuesday's dismissal of a senior general, political analysts say, amid growing fears...
Ghana, Morocco agree on visa waiver for all travelers
Ghana and Morocco have reached a significant agreement to implement a visa waiver for all categories of travelers from both nations.
Minister for Foreign Affairs,...
Vice President Opoku-Agyemang hails Namibia’s first female President
Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has described the inauguration of Namibia’s first female president, H.E. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, as a powerful testament to...
Ghana safe as WHO lists African countries running out of HIV treatment
The Trump administration's decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has "substantially disrupted" the supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run...
Newlyweds killed in gas tanker explosion
A newlywed couple, Dozie and Joan Okoye, have died in a gas explosion on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The couple, who reportedly...
British man killed by president’s convoy in Kenya hit-and-run
A British man has been killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle in the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto.The man, who has...
Burkina Faso reverses cereal export ban to Ghana following Mahama’s intervention
Ghana’s Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Larry Gbevlo-Lartey said President John Mahama has successfully resolved the disruptions caused by the...
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency recovers nearly $500m in one year
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recovered nearly $500 million in proceeds of crime last year and secured more than 4,000...
Lesotho shocked by Trump’s remarks that ‘nobody has heard of the country’
Lesotho's government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying that "nobody has ever heard of" the southern African nation.Trump, addressing the...
Man arrested at airport with cocaine pellets in his stomach
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested a 55-year-old Nigerian national for suspected drug trafficking shortly after he landed at OR Tambo International...
How royal divorce papers have shaken the Zulu kingdom
The love life of South Africa's Zulu king has the country agog - and has scandalised his socially conservative subjects as he messes with...
One-year-olds among those raped during Sudan civil war – UN
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef.Mass sexual violence...
Two female armed robbers, 3 accomplices arrested after botched operation
Officers from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), along with members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and private security, have arrested five...
Uganda reports second Ebola death, a 4-year-old, WHO says
A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry.The fatality brings the...
DR Congo conflict: 500 mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting
More than 500 mpox patients have fled clinics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the last month amid the current conflict.Officials at Africa...
Drought-hit Morocco asks citizens not to slaughter sheep on Eid al-Adha
King Mohammed VI of Morocco asked Moroccans on Wednesday to abstain from performing the rite of slaughtering sheep on Eid al-Adha this year due...
BBC Komla Dumor Award 2025 launched
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, which is now in its 10th year.Journalists...
South Africa faces highest-level power cuts as generation units fail
South Africa's power utility, Eskom, has restored eight units at power plants after implementing its highest stage of controlled power cuts early Sunday due...