Africa

Ugandan military prosecutors on Monday added a charge of "treachery" - which carries the death penalty - to the list of violations of military...

African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on African governments to make agriculture a real priority sector as leaders on the continent...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto...

Five suspects, including the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, were arrested following the recovery of a hijacked Uber vehicle at Mandela's...

A South African woman, Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi.Advocacy group Women For Change issued a statement on...

Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public...

Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel...

Francis Ahovi, a Security analyst and Executive Secretary of Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance (GLOSARGG), has shared his perspective on President...

A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy, is now living in a...

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.The gold...

A drunken police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say.Detective inspector...

A young boy has been found alive after surviving five days in a game park inhabited by lions and elephants in northern Zimbabwe, according...

Two suspected thieves were electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal solar streetlights in the Ogobiri community of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.The bodies of the two...

Kenya is set to strengthen its relationship with Ghana by boosting trade, investment, agriculture, mining, tourism, and oil and gas.The initiative aims to unlock...

Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger's military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation.In a Christmas Day...

Morocco aims to grant women more rights over child custody and guardianship as well as a veto over polygamous marriage, in the first review...

At least 69 people died, including 25 Malian nationals, after a boat headed from West Africa to Spain capsized off Morocco on Dec. 19,...

A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday,...

Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential...

Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness, the country's disease control agency said...

Kenyan business student, Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with...

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say.It is the...

Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said. The country's National...

Revered Ghanaian preacher, Apostle Ekatso, has declared that all believers must urgently pray for Liberia.Last Sunday, during a church service, Apostle Ekatso had a...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has facilitated the release of four French nationals detained in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, since December 2023.The Ministry of Foreign...

A stampede at a religious event in Ibadan, the capital of Nigeria's southwest Oyo state, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, Governor Seyi Makinde...

A river boat sank in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local...

Shell has received approval from Nigeria's oil Minister for the sale of $2.4 billion in onshore and shallow-water assets to Renaissance Group, Renaissance said...

A family in Zimbabwe is reeling from grief and confusion after mistakenly burying the body of a Malawian man, thinking it was their 23-year-old...

Nollywood actress Sarah Martins has taken to social media to express her distress after allegedly falling victim to theft at her home.She accused her...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.Police say three bodies were recovered earlier...

Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government.The dismissal of...

As Ghana approaches the December 7 general elections, there is rising political tension amid calls for a peaceful atmosphere.Citizens are gearing up to exercise...

Every ten minutes, a woman is killed by an intimate partner or family member.This is contained in the report “Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates...

Africa's development narrative is undergoing a transformation, driven by bold leaders who are challenging conventional approaches and advocating for inclusive, sustainable growth.Among these visionaries...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia's first female president after last week's disputed...

A courageous Zimbabwean woman is recovering in the hospital after managing to fight off a lion that attacked her in the wild.Violet Moyo, a...

Zimbabweans reacted with hilarity after it was revealed that a 47-year-old man claiming to be the secret son of the late former president Robert...

In a landmark achievement, Nigerian songstress Yemi Alade has earned her first-ever solo Grammy nomination in the Best African Music Performance category for her...

Global InfoAnalytics has predicted victory for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in the presidential race, John Dramani Mahama.The research firm released its latest...