Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome,...
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Tanzania conservation plan takes another hit as EU withdraws funding
The European Union Commission has joined the World Bank in cutting funding for Tanzania's wildlife conservation programmes in light of...
Kenya President Ruto’s regional message in bilateral visit to US
Kenya's President William Ruto on Monday landed in the US in his first-ever State visit to Washington and used this opportunity to deliver a...
South Sudan opposition groups push for new constitution
South Sudan’s opposition and civil society groups, currently negotiating a political deal with their government in Nairobi, say they want...
Kenya’snew US-backed bid to save Sudan from‘genocide’
Sudan’s 13-month war is generating the highest amount of displaced people and hurtling towards genocide, a special envoy told the United Nations...
UN peacekeepers deployed in DRC to counter new wave of violence
UN peacekeepers have started deploying troops in more areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to deal with a...
South African polls: ANC is weaker, opposition fragmented
With unemployment, power outages, and crime spiralling out of control, South Africa, one of Africa's most affluent and influential nations, faces a pivotal election on...
Africa’s tragedy of displacement rises highest in two-decade period
Africa’s conflicts are turning out to be the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving crucial Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), drawing back the...
Post-Covid, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals
China's flagship economic cooperation programme is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus,...
Flash floods hit Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, has experienced devastating flash floods that transformed streets into difficult to pass waterways.Residents reported...
Death toll from landslide atUgandagarbage dump rises to 21
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump inUganda's capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said...
How Africa’s armed conflicts fuel ‘disappearance’ of people
Africa’s enduring conflicts like that of Sudan are helping disappear more people than before, sending unending trauma to families left...
Minerals: The magnet shaping China’s quest for Africa
China-Africa relationshave deepenedover the past two decades, characterised by increased economic cooperation, investment and infrastructure development. China is now Africa’slargest...
UK’s Labour sweeps to power as Rishi Sunak concedes election defeat
Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority...
DRC expects mpoxvaccines on Sept 5
Democratic Republic of Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery...
Militia attack kills six Chinese nationals, DRC soldiers
Militia fighters have attacked a Chinese-linked mining site in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing six Chinese nationals and at...
You’re not ready, lobbies tell Juba on polls
South Sudanese and Kenyan civil society groupswant Juba's planned December 2024 elections delayed until all measures are in place to...
Kenya’s Ruto proposes spending cuts after nationwide protests
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly...
Bobi Wine stable after violent clash with Uganda police
Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, is recovering at the St Francis...
Kenya’s President Ruto sacks entire Cabinet
Kenya's President William Ruto has fired all Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General Justin Muturi in response to youth-led anti-government protests.Only...
Famine is ravaging Sudan, but the world can’t get food aid to millions of starving people
More than half the people in this nation of 50 million are suffering from severe hunger. Hundreds are estimated to...
Car bomb kills five, injures 20 outside restaurant in Somalia’s capital
A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing five and injuring 20 as...
Irony of US-UAE defence pact in face of Sudan war claims
Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America may be on different continents, but the war in...
Kagame wins fourth term in Rwanda
Paul Kagameis set for a fourth term as electoral authorities declare him the winner of the Rwanda presidential election after...
At least 6 killed in bomb blasts in Somalia
At least six people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday by bomb explosions in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and a...