Officers from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), along with members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and private security, have arrested five...
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...
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...
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...
A Harare man violently attacked his mother-in-law after his wife received a Valentine’s gift from another man, accusing her of promoting infidelity.
Elita Mpofu, the...
Indian authorities have banned two highly addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in...
Mali's military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers "coldly executed" at least 24 civilians in the north of the country on Monday.
That...
Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors from African Union (AU) Member States have endorsed the draft statute for establishing the African Monetary Institute...
Former Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has been arrested and is facing money laundering charges, the state-run Financial Crimes Commission said early on Sunday.
Jugnauth...
The Nigerian government has condemned Canada for denying visas to its senior military officers, including the head of the military.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen...
Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape...
The Nigerian government has condemned Canada for denying visas to its senior military officers, including the head of the military.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency.
They...
The Government of Botswana has announced a series of new social welfare initiatives aimed at improving the lives of its citizens, with implementation set...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes...
A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain.
He knew something was...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to deepening economic and trade relations with Ghana after a phone call with President...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially acknowledged the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional body.
A press...
More than 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, with officials yet to establish what caused their...
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife.
Officers came...
Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any...
The Catholic Diocese of Warri has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood following his reported marriage in the United States.
This was...
President John Dramani Mahama visited Ghanaian troops with the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) on Friday, January 17, 2025, during his first international...
