Rescuers are digging for survivors of a powerful earthquake that flattened whole villages in Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people.
The 6.3-magnitude quake struck Saturday...
The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) is pleased to announce that the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade,...
What measures can Zambian financial institutions put in place in a rapidly-changing digital world to enable financial inclusion?
This was the key topic under discussion...
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has shared her experience as a struggling actress in the early stages of her career.
During an episode of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Egypt for its unprecedented progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, becoming the first country to achieve “gold tier” status...
The government of Lesotho in partnership with the American Embassy has officially launched facilities for the Postgraduate School of Family Medicine.
The ceremony was held...
Since the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the rate of the virus’s spread has slowed significantly, with new infections down 59 per cent from 1995.
But...
Many people are feared dead and others missing in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, after landslides destroyed several homes in Mbankolo area.
It followed heavy rainfall across...
Koree from Cameroon is the competition’s first ever female-led fintech winner having beaten eight other finalists to claim the top prize of US$50,000; Wolf...
Braintree (https://www.Braintree.co.za/), a leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, continues its victorious march in 2023 by clinching the LS Retail Diamond Partner award for the...
Following extensive consultation with all confederations, the FIFA Council took key decisions in relation to the bidding and hosting of the 2030 and 2034...
Addressing gender barriers and inequities in access and use of health services has been identified as a key to accelerating progress towards the Sustainable...
Wait for it…AfricaIgnite, formerly AHUB, Africa Tech Festival’s (https://tmt.knect365.com/Africa-Tech-Festival/) flagship event for the African continent’s start-ups and innovators, has been announced as the host...
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has been at the forefront of a series of industry-advancing developments in the country. Under his leadership, the country has...
Pascaline Bongo, the sister of Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo, will reportedly face trial in France in January 2024, on suspicion of corruption.
She...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has observed the rise of an alliance of coup plotters preparing to defend themselves against the...
A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including a six-year-old boy.
Russian airstrike kills 51...
Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine has said he was "grabbed" by "goons" and put under house arrest on his return from South Africa.
The singer-turned-politician...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged Parliaments within the Commonwealth to enact strong legislation to curtail cross-border movement of illegal arms to combat...
President Akufo-Addo says democracy is on the decline in Africa, in particular in the West African sub-region.
The sub-region has witnessed an increasing number of...
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has confirmed he will stand for a third term in elections scheduled for December.
The former army chief has been...
Five months after denying friendship with his colleague, AY Makun, Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popular as Basketmouth, has decided to settle the 17-year beef...
A court in Seychelles has charged the leader of the main opposition party and seven other individuals on allegations of witchcraft.
Patrick Herminie plans to...
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has announced a six-month increase to the minimum wage as workers are set to start an indefinite strike.
Unions want...
