Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Inequity in vaccine shipments to Africa threatens to spark breeding grounds for vaccine-resistant variants as Africa misses vaccination goals

Across Madagascar’s vast southern tip, drought has transformed fields into dust bowls. More than one million people face famine.

“Somalia’s factions are playing with fire. All sides need to de-escalate,” the International Crisis Group said in a report earlier this week.

Nigeria has been fighting a 12-year-old jihadist insurrection in the northeast that has killed more than 40,000 people.

Having gained the most from the pair’s fractured ties, Odinga faces a threat to the anti-establishment brand he has spent years cultivating.

Ndaw had been appointed transitional president after a coup in August 2020 that toppled Mali’s elected head of state, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Somalia’s parliamentary polls are now scheduled to kick off between October 1 and November 25 following months of delays.

France, Chad’s main trading and strategic partner, gave its blessing to the new leadership, refraining from calling what took place a coup.

(Partner Content) South Africans have become familiar with frequent breaks in the power supply because of rolling blackouts, also commonly referred to as “load-shedding”. Even though it has become a part of daily life, it is still an inconvenience to many households who rely on reliable power supply from utility companies.

Nigerian troops battling a 12-year insurgency in the northeast that has killed more than 40,000 and forced scores from their homes.

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recognising that “the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius.”

(Partner Content) Also known as one of the most popular UNESCO sites in Ethiopia, the Lalibela rock churches were recently overtaken by Tigray rebels.

Critics, including Kenyatta’s deputy William Ruto, charge that the reforms could threaten the country’s democratic institutions.

Survivors from the Mille Collines turned against him, accusing Rusesabagina of profiting from their misery and embellishing his heroics.

The discovery in Ivory Coast comes nearly two months after the UN’s health agency declared an end to Guinea’s second outbreak of Ebola.

Midway through the voting day in Lusaka’s working-class Mtendere township, hundreds of voters waited for their turn to cast ballots.

In 2020, nearly 440 square kilometers of forest were destroyed by fire, and several people were arrested on suspicion of arson.

Lalibela is a popular destination for foreign tourists and followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith — the country’s largest religion.

Among the first members of parliament to be detained was an elected official convicted by a military court in 2018 of criticising the army.

Okhuaihesuyi said Nigerian doctors were ill-equipped and under-funded, while the facilities in state-run hospitals ‘are deplorable.’

Pickers set fire to the rubbish to find valuable metals, for example, spewing noxious fumes onto neighbouring residential areas.

Believe it or not, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera says he travelled for the virtual conference because of the country’s slow internet

There are South African boots on the ground in Mozambique, as SANDF begin a R1 billion mission to stop ISIS. Now, if someone could just pick up the tab…

The government stopped releasing COVID-19 data in April 2020, with Magufuli saying that issuing the figures was scaring people.