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The Chadian Army has announced Idris Deby 37-year-old son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, a four-star general, as the new leader of the country. I Deby died on the…

According to a confirmation from the national army of Chad read on national radio, the newly re-elected President Idriss Déby has died of wounds he received while commanding…

When the first case of COVID-19 was announced in South Africa on March 5, 2020, Azubuike Muodum thought the pandemic was only going to be around for some…

The megaship which blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been “seized” on court orders until the vessel’s owners pay $900 million, canal authorities said Tuesday. The 200,000-tonne MV…

South Africa on Tuesday suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over potential blood clot risks reported by the United States, the health minister said. The announcement delays an…

34 years after the death of Thomas Sankara, former Military Head of State of Burkina Faso, a Military Tribunal on Tuesday charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia in…

Benin President Patrice Talon looked set to win re-election on Sunday in a tense ballot, with critics accusing him of rigging the race in his favour by sidelining opposition leaders. A cotton tycoon first elected to lead the…

South Africa recorded 235 deaths on its roads during the Easter holiday, figures released by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday showed. “According to the preliminary…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to do more domestically to increase tax revenues and improve the quality of spending. Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of IMF,…

Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Tuesday she would lift a ban on all media in the country, a radical shift from a press crackdown implemented by her late predecessor John Magufuli. Under Magufuli, who…

South Africans seeking to leave Mozambique after insurgent attacks in the northern region of the country will be aided by the government after the violence claimed the life of one of its citizens. The nation’s defense force…

Liberians rejected a referendum backed by President George Weah to curb the length of presidential terms -- a vote that could have helped the former soccer star extend his stay in office. The Dec. 8 plebiscite failed to…

Madagascar’s health minister on Thursday announced the country had joined the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme, following through with a recent pledge to roll out jabs after months of resistance from the president.…

Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, a democratic watershed overshadowed by jihadist violence and alleged coup bid two days ago. The inauguration will mark the first-ever…

Elite troops in Niger thwarted an “attempted coup” early Wednesday, a security source said, just two days before the historic inauguration of Mohamed Bazoum as president of the chronically unstable Sahel…

Johnson & Johnson says it’s agreed to provide up to 400 million doses of its one-dose COVID-19 vaccine to African countries, starting this summer. The…

Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99. Affectionately called Granny Sarah by the former president, Mrs Obama defended her grandson during his 2008 presidential…

When South African student Itumeleng Chalele left his hometown of Qwaqwa — once a tribal “bantustan” where blacks were contained during apartheid — he was bursting with hope. Armed only with his admission document and…

More than 180 people including foreign workers are trapped by Jihadists inside a hotel in the northern Mozambique town of Palma. The town has been under siege for three…

The U.S. Department of State has delivered a subtle warning to would-be irregular African migrants, who may be drawing inspiration from the crisis at the country’s…

The United States has offered assistance to Egyptian officials to help dislodge a large cargo ship that is stuck in the Suez Canal, the White House said Friday. “As part of our active diplomatic dialogue with Egypt, we’ve…

South Africa is to extend a curfew and tighten restrictions on public gatherings over the upcoming Easter holiday period in a bid to curb an approaching third wave of coronavirus infections, according to…

Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral village in the country’s northwest after his sudden death last week from an…

At least 32 people were killed and 66 injured Friday when two passenger trains collided in southern Egypt, the health ministry said, the latest deadly rail accident to hit the country. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…