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Late Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be given a ‘special official funeral’, the government of South Africa has said. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has, as a mark of deep respect, declared that the late Anglican Archbishop Emeritus…

Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) says ex-President Yahya Jammeh is responsible for the killing of West African migrants, including nine Nigerians.…

The Ghana Police Service have warned religious leaders to desist from New Year prophecies of “harm, danger and death” and others that could “create tension and panic” in the Anglophone…

The bodies of 28 migrants have washed up on Libya’s western coast after their boat sunk, a security official said Sunday, the latest tragedy on the world’s deadliest migration route. “Libyan Red Crescent teams recovered 28…

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate who was post-apartheid South Africa's moral compass and the driver of its troubled reconciliation process, has died. He was 90 years old. A…

The Pretoria High Court has granted former Jacob Zuma leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. This comes after his medical parole was ruled unlawful. Judge Elias Matojane, who said the case raised “an important…

Rebel Tigrayan forces fighting the central government are withdrawing from neighbouring regions in northern Ethiopia, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan forces has said, a step towards a possible ceasefire after 13 months of the…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has recovered after a week-long battle with Covid-19. Despite being fully vaccinated, he was confirmed positive with the virus last week Monday and went…

Ghana says airlines will pay a fine of $3,500 for each passenger who arrives the country without being fully vaccinated against COVID. On Thursday, the Ghana Health Service had…

Kenya’s veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has launched his fifth bid for the presidency, this time with the support of his former foe President Uhuru Kenyatta. Voters are due to go to the polls next August but Kenyatta…

As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr Unben Pillay, is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital. That’s one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and…

The Ghana Health Service has reviewed its COVID-19 protocol for international travellers owing to the rise in cases of the Omicron variant detected in the country. In a statement on…

Incumbent president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has won the country’s presidential election held on Saturday December 4. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National People’s…

Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday’s presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the…

Moussa Mahamat, chairperson of the African Union Commission, says the travel restrictions that trailed the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant is an injustice against the…

China's President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit near Senegal's capital Dakar.…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to “urgently” reverse “scientifically unjustified” travel bans linked to the discovery of the Omicron. The…

South Africa, whose citizens have suddenly become persona-non-grata around the world after the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in the country, says it is being “punished” and…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his soldiers would “destroy” rebels from the northern Tigray region, in the latest instalment of state media footage purportedly showing him at…

The Ugandan government is on the verge of losing its major airport to China for failing to repay a loan. The government has failed to reverse a loan agreement with the Chinese which…

A new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa. The variant, B.1.1.529, is said to have a high number of mutations, which may be a source of concern in…

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to direct the war effort from the front lines, state-affiliated media reported on Wednesday, and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen…

Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing has warned Chinese citizens and firms working in the African continent against travelling to some risky areas amid kidnappings of Chinese citizens in…

A municipality in South Africa has shocked the nation by electing a convicted child rapist as its mayor and a convicted fraudster as its deputy mayor. Jeffrey Donson was found guilty of statutory rape…