Another boat tragedy claims lives of 78 Congolese
At least 78 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just a few hundred metres...
Top Nigerian pastor apologises for claiming people who don’t pay tithe won’t go to Heaven
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologized for an initial claim that Christians who do...
Lagos to ban sachet water from January 2025
The Lagos State Government announced on Thursday its plan to ban the circulation of single-use plastics and sachet water starting January 2025.The Commissioner for...
Dozens feared dead in Nigeria after boat capsizes
Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria.The boat was ferrying more than 300 passengers on the River Niger...
Manhunt after 18 people killed in South Africa mass shooting
Eighteen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators,...
Panic as Marburg virus outbreak kills 6 in Rwanda
Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced.Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were...
Zookeeper mauled to death by lion in Nigeria
A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when...
Kamala Harris visits US-Mexico border, hits back at Trump’s immigration stance
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has made a rare trip to the US-Mexico border as she seeks to blunt Republican attacks on immigration.
Harris, who last...
Nigeria: Education Minister’s phone line hacked
The phone line of the Nigerian Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has been compromised.This was made known in a notice issued on his...
Tunisian presidential candidate jailed days to election over fake documents
Tunisian presidential candidate, Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying documents, the second prison sentence against him in a...
Climate change: Africa cannot bear the burden of a crisis it did not create – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has urged global leaders to take immediate action against the severe impacts of climate change, particularly in Africa.Speaking at the UN General...
Why West Africa is now the world’s terrorism hotspot
Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers.They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy,...
Boat with 30 decomposing bodies found off Senegal coast
At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say.
The navy was informed of a...
Kenya to send 600 more police officers to Haiti
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital,...
Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC
The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday, adding...
Michael Blackson urges Ghanaians to elect God-fearing leader after losing $1M Eurobond investment
American comedian and actor of Ghanaian descent, Michael Blackson, has expressed his frustration with the Ghanaian government over what he describes as the mishandling...
Cholera continues to claim 115 lives per hour across Africa – Report
Cholera, commonly known as a "disease of poverty," continues to claim 115 lives deaths per hour among marginalized communities in Africa that lack access...
Nigeria: Nearly 300 prisoners escape after floods
Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on...
Funeral begins for Ugandan Olympian killed by ex-boyfriend
The funeral events have begun in Uganda for Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set ablaze by her former boyfriend and later died.Dickson...
South Africa’s Deputy President Mashatile collapses on podium
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has collapsed on the podium while addressing N’wamitwa Day in Tzaneen in Limpopo.He was rushed to hospital.Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi...
Germany to welcome 250,000 Kenyans in labour deal
Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal.
Kenya is struggling...
US and British citizens among 37 sentenced to death in DR Congo coup trial
Thirty-seven people - including three Americans, a Briton, a Belgian and a Canadian national - have been sentenced to death over an attempt to...
UK increases financial requirements for international students
International students planning to study in the United Kingdom will face higher financial requirements from January 2025, following new rules announced by the UK...
Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable
African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said Thursday as it described the rising toll as “not...
After migrant boat tragedy, Senegal’s president vows sanctions against people smugglers
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal promised severe sanctions against people smugglers during his visit on Wednesday to the town of Mbour, the departure...
Tunisia coast guard recovers bodies of six African migrants
Tunisian coast guards recovered the bodies of five African women migrants and a baby in waters off the town of Monastir, a judge said...
Passengers stranded after strike at main Kenya airport
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport after workers went on strike in protest at a planned takeover by an Indian...
UK court jails Nigerian nurse for leaving her 10-week-old baby to die
A Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom, Ruth Auta, has been sentenced to three years in prison for neglecting her ten-week-old...
34 Lives lost through inland water transport accidents — Report
A Performance audit report conducted by the Auditor-General has exposed safety issues and regulatory shortfalls in the country's inland water transport sector.The report, covering...
Floods hit millions in West and Central Africa
Parts of Central and West Africa have seen heavy flooding over an unusually intense rainy season, unleashing a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds have...
Nigerian officials warn people off church’s ‘miracle’ water
Nigeria’s drug approval agency has warned people not to buy “miracle” products produced by a church with popular Nigerian Christian televangelist Jeremiah Fufeyin at...
Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school
A fire broke out at a girls' boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured...
At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion
At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the...
Kenya: Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei burned alive by boyfriend
Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with petrol and set her ablaze, police said...
Burkina Faso issues new passport without ECOWAS logo
Burkina Faso’s junta administration has unveiled a new generation biometric passport that no longer carries the insignia of the Economic Community of West African...
Fake CV lands top ‘engineer’ in jail for 15 years
The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger rail company has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for faking...
Nigeria, now 3rd largest debtor in World Bank’s scheme
A financial statement published by the World Bank has placed Nigeria as the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as...
Police arrest doctor who fled after a woman died during butt enlargement procedure
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended Dr. Idara Bassey, who was wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during a...
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II honoured with Honorary Doctorate at University of Cape Coast
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in recognition of his...
Burkina Faso issues new passports without West African bloc’s logo
Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its...