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The Biden administration has granted temporary deportation relief and work permits to Cameroonian refugees living in the United States. The relief was anchored on the ongoing conflict between government forces and…

The number of coronavirus infections in Africa has been declining for four months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Thursday. According to the report, the number of COVID-19 cases registered each…

Rising cost of food prices pushed Ghana’s inflation rate in the month of March 2022 to 19.4%, the highest since August 2009. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, Foodstuffs such as Oil and Fats (28.2%), Water…

The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Patrick Achi and members of his cabinet have resigned. They tendered their resignations today to President Alassane Ouattara, at the start of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose government has been criticised for refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Thursday blasted the UN Security Council as “outdated” and in dire need of an…

A man in Ndalat market, Nandi County of Kenya, has killed his wife and three children, after which he surrendered at the Kipkaren Salient police station. According to NTV Kenya, the incident occurred Wednesday night…

A military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara in a coup. Sankara was gunned down…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says a third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including a shocking 83 percent of all Africans. WHO Director-General, Dr.…

Ghana’s parliament has approved a new 1.5 percent tax on electronic payments, known as the “e-levy”, despite a walk-out by opposition…

The controversial leader of several anti-immigrant protests in South Africa, Nhlanhla ‘Lux’ Dlamini has been granted bail at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court, in front of hundreds of his supporters. His trial on…

The Ghanaian government says from Monday, the use of face masks will no longer be compulsory. Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, announced the development in a statement issued on Sunday. According to him,…

Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, the leader of an anti-migrant protest movement in South Africa, has been arrested. Police said Lux Dlamini was arrested on Thursday. There is an increase in the spate of attacks on…

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has warned African leaders not to manipulate the system to go beyond their constitutional term limits, as this would only plunge their nations into avoidable crises. The former…

If African governments overlook the United States (US) as their international partner and opt for China and/or Russia, this will affect the US’ global influence. This is according to General Stephen J Townsend, US…

South Africa’s civil aviation regulator grounded Comair’s planes indefinitely on Sunday, saying the airline had not adequately addressed safety issues. The sanction affects passengers of low-cost airline Kulula and…

Former Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, has died at 85 after suffering from colon cancer. Banda, who was Zambia’s fourth president, led the country from 2008 to 2011. He was the vice-president when in 2008, President…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the ongoing crisis in Ukraine threatens to undo Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery. Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, said this after a meeting with African…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed experienced jurist Raymond Zondo as the country’s new chief justice. The appointment, which followed a public selection process, is effective from April 1, the…

South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, with race playing a determining factor in a society where 10 percent of the population owns more than 80 percent of the wealth, a World Bank report has said.…

Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni said on Tuesday he had retired from the military. The retirement is widely seen as a move to prepare the ground for a potential run for…

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was literally reawakened from the dead on Saturday as Africans called out “Evil NATO’, former U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. France, Britain,…

Senegal has condemned a call by Ukraine’s embassy for Senegalese volunteers to join its fight against Russia. The West African country said it learned of a Facebook post by the embassy of Ukraine in Dakar, appealing…

SAO Tome and Principe, Gabon , Benin and four other African countries led the sailors kidnap chart of the International Maritime Bureau, IMB, in 2021, an indication that Nigeria may have eliminated the menace of piracy…

Nigeria, South Africa and other African governments scrambled on Monday to help their citizens escape the Russian invasion in Ukraine after reports of racist and unfair treatment of Africans at border crossings.…