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The Ghanaian legislative assembly has reportedly amended the anti-gay bill, which criminalises people to identify as LGBT and proponents for such an act. According to a report by the BCC Africa on Thursday, the…

Sierra Leone’s main opposition, All People’s Congress (APC), has rejected the results of the 24 June 2023 general elections and called on Sierra Leoneans “to play their part in resisting tyranny and fight for the…

Zimbabwe’s citizens face more economic difficulties as their currency continues to fall in value against the dollar, causing a 175 per cent inflation rate that marks a sombre new low in the downward spiral of the…

Malians will vote on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers and regional powers have said will pave the way to elections and a return to civilian rule. The military government, which…

Warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire that will begin on Sunday, according to the United States (U.S.) and Saudi Arabia. The US-brokered ceasefire between the Sudanese army and the rival…

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Uganda officials after the African nation passed an anti-LGBTQ…

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Stéphane Roudet visited Ghana during June 8-15 as part of its regular engagement with the Ghanaian authorities and other stakeholders. The discussions focused on…

The Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said he preferred to die than to witness the legalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) activities in Ghana. Bagbin made this known in…

The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to “meet Jesus Christ” has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said. Police believe most of the…

Witnesses said shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in Sudan’s capital, ending a 24-hour ceasefire that had provided inhabitants with a rare reprieve from over two months of war. Deadly warfare has raged in the…

Ghana has regained its position as Africa’s top gold producer and the 10th biggest producer globally with a 32 percent jump recorded in gold production in 2022, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said Friday. During its…

Buildings shook across the province of Gauteng, where Johannesburg, the country’s largest city and…

Senegalese leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko has been sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for “corrupting youth”. The court acquitted Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, of rape…

One of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives, Fulgence Kayishema, has been arrested in South Africa after being on the run for 22…

A temporary ceasefire in Sudan has been agreed as fighting between two warring factions entered its sixth week, BBC reports. Previous truce attempts between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid…

The death toll in a probe into a Kenyan cult suspected of urging followers to starve themselves to death rose to 226 on Wednesday after 15 more bodies were found, the authorities said. Investigators are poring over…

Ghana utility regulator on Wednesday said the average end-user tariff for electricity had been increased by 18.36 per cent for the second quarter of 2023. According to the regulator, Ghana had previously added almost…

Shaden Gardoon, one of the Sudan’s most prominent singers has been killed in the ongoing war in the Sudanese city of Omdurman. Mrs Gardood, 37, who was caught in the crossfire, died a day after the warring two rival forces…

The death toll from a in Kenya’s Shakahola forest has risen to 201. Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, the cult leader and founder of the Good News International Church, has been accused of ordering his followers to starve to…

South Africa’s foreign ministry says Reuben Brigety, United States ambassador to the country, has apologised for his comments alleging a military alliance between Russia and the country. On , Brigerty said he was…

Sudan’s capital, Khartoum was hit with more loud explosions on Wednesday, as fighting between warring generals escalated despite truce talks in Saudi Arabia. Two huge explosions were heard across greater Khartoum…

One of Kenya’s highest profile pastors was released on bail Thursday after appearing in court in connection with the horrific discovery last month of dozens of bodies in mass graves. Ezekiel Odero, a wealthy televangelist…

A ceasefire in Sudan that came into force on Thursday has already been broken, with airstrikes and heavy shelling reported near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum in the morning, according to Al-Jazeera.…

At least 109 people have died in flooding in northern and western Rwanda, the state-run Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) said Wednesday, quoting figures from local authorities. “The rain that fell last night caused…