South Africa’s newly elected parliament met Friday to hold its first sitting after election. The leader of South Africa’s second-largest party, John Steenhuisen of the centre-right, Democratic Alliance (DA), said it had reached an…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk appealed to authorities in Ethiopia to take concrete measures to put a stop to human rights violations and abuses in the country. Türk said it was necessary to end such abuses as they…
Tanzania’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.1 percent in 2023, compared to 2022. The East African country’s Minister of State in the President’s office Kitila Mkumbo on Thursday told parliament that the GDP grew by 2.7 billion U.S.…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame made a cabinet reshuffle Wednesday night, dropping some ministers and appointing new ones. According to a statement released by the Office of the Prime Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwandan ambassador to the…
The body of Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima, who died Monday in a plane crash, will be buried at his home village in Ntcheu district, about 175km south of the capital, Lilongwe. Minister of Information and Digitalisation, Moses…
At least 42 people were killed by suspected Islamist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, two officials from the local administration said on Thursday. The attack took place on Wednesday in the village of…
Leaders from across Africa sent their condolences to the government and people of Malawi following the death of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine other people in a plane crash. African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki…
Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima died in a plane crash on Monday. President Lazarus Chakwera confirmed the news of Chilima’s death in a presidential address on Tuesday, hours after amateur photos of the crash started…
South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor, and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry departed their countries on Sunday for the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, which is due to host the…
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra, on Saturday, June 8, to demand an end to chronic power outages in the country. Rallied by local celebrities, the protesters demanded that the government address the…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is readying itself for the establishment of a government more than two months after President Felix Tshisekedi appointed Judith Suminwa as Prime Minister. Suminwa, the first female to hold the position,…
The latest round of matches for qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered mixed results for Africa’s footballing giants. The biggest shock saw Algeria suffer a 2-1 defeat at home to Guinea. Second half goals from Morlaye Sylla and…
Recent deadly attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have resulted in the deaths of at least 50 civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local media reported on Saturday, citing local…
Days of intensive negotiations between labour unions and the Nigerian government failed to yield a consensus in the minimum pay row that threatened to spark an indefinite strike earlier this week. Final deliberations held on Friday, June 7…
Somalia will take a seat at the United Nations Security Council for the first time in 53 years after it was elected alongside four other nations to the top organ on Thursday. The Horn of Africa nation last served in the Council in 1972.…
The European Olympic Committee (EOC) is criticizing a decision by World Athletics to award cash prizes to track and field gold medalists at this year’s Olympic Games. In April, World Athletics announced it had set aside 2.4 million U.S.…
Guinea has signed a preliminary deal with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to build the nation’s second alumina refinery. Estimated at 4 billion U.S. dollars, the project aims to enhance Guinea’s value addition to its extensive bauxite…
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina once again called for a reform of the global financial architecture to help Africa overcome modern-day challenges that threaten its strong economic prospects. Adesina said this…
As the globe marks World Food Safety Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more action toward preparedness against food safety threats. According to the global health body, ten percent of people fall ill from contaminated…
Kenya plans to use part of a World Bank budget support loan to make a payment of roughly 500 million U.S. dollars on a Eurobond maturing this month, its central bank governor said on Thursday. The East African country sold a 1.5 billion U…
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in “severe” food poverty, UNICEF has warned, meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development. “Severe child food…
Rhonex Kipruto has been banned for six years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday, with the Kenyan set to lose his 10-kilometer road race world record and a world championship bronze medal. Kipruto, 24, who won…
Fertilizer factories in Egypt will soon receive a much-needed boost as natural gas supplies are set to resume as of Thursday. This follows temporary closures by several companies due to a surge in gas consumption. The hot weather has been…
Kenya joined the Seoul-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) as an official member. Kenyan President William Ruto, who, along with several other African leaders, is attending the inaugural South Korea-Africa Summit, highlighted the…
An overnight shooting left one dead and at least 26 others injured in Akron in the U.S. state of Ohio, local media reported. The shooting, which happened after midnight, killed a 27-year-old man, and injured 26 others, who were sent to an…
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), lost its majority in the country’s general elections, according to the final results from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Sunday.
South Africa’s ruling ANC secretary general said on Sunday that the party was talking to all political parties about a potential coalition, after it lost its controlling majority in the general election. He added that the party accepted…
Nearly half a million learners in Kenya are yet to resume classes three weeks after schools reopened following deadly floods that hit vast parts of the country between April and May, a new report by Save the Children revealed. Published on…
The World Bank Group has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar loan to support Ghana’s financial sector stability program over the next five years, according to a press release issued on Friday. The release said the loan would help strengthen…