African News

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…

Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan government critic who was hailed as a hero during a genocide in the country, has not showed up for his trial after informing prison authorities he was quitting the process as he did not expect justice.…

All is set for the burial of former Tanzania president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, at his ancestral home town of Chato, in Geita region, today. Magufuli, who died from…

Denis Sassou Nguesso, incumbent president of the Republic of Congo, has been re-elected into office. According to provincial election results announced on Tuesday, Nguesso won 88.57 percent of the votes. The 77-year-old…

At least 40 Nigeriens have been killed in an attack in Tahoua region, when armed assailants ravaged several villages, government said. Government spokesperson Abdoulraman…

Polls have opened in the Republic of Congo’s presidential election that is boycotted by the main opposition party and attacked by critics as tilted toward veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. Voting centres opened at…

The World Health Organisation says 38 African countries have received more than 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, and 30 have started vaccination campaigns. WHO, in a statement on Thursday, said 16 million vaccine doses were…

Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday as Tanzania’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. The 61-year-old, dressed in black suit and red headscarf, took the…

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a seven-day national mourning for the late Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli. Kenyatta said Kenyan and the East…

Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines are testing a new digital Covid-19 passport system. The digital health passport allows travellers and airport authorities to authenticate Covid-19 test certificates prior to…

Samia Suluhu Hassan will become from today Tanzania’s new president, following the death of President John Magufuli on Wednesday. She will be making history, as…