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Nigeria president ‘in great shape’ after falling at Turkey reception
President Bola Tinubu (L) was pictured with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is “in…
‘Wounded hegemon’ or secure as most powerful currency on earth?
On a late November morning – two days before leaders of the world’s leading economies convened in Johannesburg for the…
94% of vehicles fail pre-test inspections
JMPD officials inspect scholar transport vehicles in Diepsloot The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport says scholar transport pre-test inspections…
Nigerian officers to face trial over coup-plot allegations
The officers are alleged to have been plotting to unseat President Bola Tinubu A group of officers in Nigeria are…
One year into M23 control, residents are struggling to get by in DRC’s eastern capital
Espérance Mushashine, 44, mother of 12, sells vegetables at the Kituku market in DRC on Jan 26,2026 At Goma’s central…
China Xi Jinping is the President of China China’s role as a leading financier to developing nations has shifted over…
IShowSpeed calls Ghana ‘home’ on Africa tour
American YouTuber and online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., known as IShowSpeed, meets fans The American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed…
DHQ moves to arraign alleged coup plotters in Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters on Monday said personnel indicted after investigations into alleged misconduct by some military officers, which uncovered claims…
DJ Warras murder accused denied bail
Victor Mthethwa Majola appears at Johannesburg magistrate’s court The suspect linked to the murder of slain media personality Warrick “DJ…
Islamic State‑linked militants kill 22 in eastern Congo
Islamic State‑linked militants killed at least 22 civilians in a village in eastern Congo’s Ituri Province early on Sunday, according…
SADC team joins Mozambique flood rescue effort
Houses seen submerged by flood A regional emergency team has arrived in Mozambique to help deal with the aftermath of…
File photo of a Kenyan police Somalia’s al Shabaab militants killed a local chief and a teacher in Hulugho, a…
US, Nigeria diverge in details over strikes on militants
Onlookers gather around a destroyed car at the site of a bomb blast at St. Theresa Catholic Church Immediately following…
Mayor accused of stone-walling toilet report
City of Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza. Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has been accused of “stone-walling” a report into alleged irregularities…
Families bid farewell to school children in South Africa killed in a school bus crash
Relatives of school children weep at the scene of the crash in Vanderbijlpark Panyaza Lesufi, the premier of Gauteng province,…
Two Tanzanians arrested in Kajiado with elephant tasks worth Ksh.14M
Two Tanzanian nationals who have been arrested Two Tanzanian nationals have been arrested in possession of 20 elephant tusks at…
Wife of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine in hospital after soldiers raid her house
Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi and husband The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine has been speaking to journalists from her…
Firefighters join flood rescue teams in Mozambique
The UK government responded to Mozambique’s declaration of a national emergency Firefighters from the West Midlands have been deployed to…
‘Half of my friends were killed’
It had been a normal day for 18-year-old twins Makarem and Ikram when their school came under fire.Makarem was in…
Somaliland president pitches business opportunities to Trump’s son
Israel’s president (R) said he looked forward to greater co-operation with Somaliland The president of Somaliland has held separate talks…
Top 10 African countries owing the most to the IMF in 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) As the new year begins, several African countries are once again turning to the International…
Côte d’Ivoire president appoints brother as vice prime minister
Côte d’Ivoire defense minister Tene Birahima Ouattara is also now the country’s vice prime minister Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara…
Julius Malema is a politician in South Africa Thousands of supporters of South African opposition politician Julius Malema gathered outside…
Three Kebbi kidnap suspects nabbed in Nigeria
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three men The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three men allegedly linked…
Anxiety as NYSC camps open in high-risk states in Nigeria
Thousands of prospective corps members and their families are apprehensive as the 2026 Batch A (Stream 1) orientation exercise of…
MP Kivumbi charged with terrorism, remanded
Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has been charged with terrorism Butambala County Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has…
South Africa to step aside from G20 during United States presidency
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, has confirmed that the country will step back from…
DR Congo city residents forced to adapt during year of M23 rule
They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with “nowhere to go” after their city in the…
Guinea: African Union lifts sanctions
Former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya won the country’s December election After it imposed sanctions on Guinea following the 2021 coup,…
Seven miners shot dead in Nigeria’s restive Plateau
Seven people were shot dead in an overnight attack at a mining site in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, a local…
South Sudan army chief gives soldiers seven days to crush rebellion
South Sudan’s army has sent reinforcements to the town of Bor The head of South Sudan’s armed forces has given…
Rwanda to test AI-powered technology in clinics
The Gates Foundation campus sign is seen on April 30, 2025, in Seattle. Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial…
Seven people were shot dead in an overnight attack at a mining site in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, a local…
Ras Mubarak leads Trans-Africa campaign home, calls for visa-free continent by 2030
The campaign team arrived at the Black Star Square on Tuesday January 20, 2026 Pan-African advocate and former Ghanaian legislator,…
Winnie Byanyima, wife of detained Ugandan Kizza Besigye is in a worrying health condition Detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye…
Election disputes land in Kisoro court as MP candidates demand recount
A general view of a section of the Kisoro chief magistrate’s court Two parliamentary candidates from Kisoro District on Thursday…
US-funded Guinea-Bissau vaccine study to undergo ethical review, African health officials say
A Trump-administration-funded study into the effects of hepatitis B vaccines on newborns in Guinea-Bissau has not been cancelled but will…
UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse
Yaanama Abba, a 45-year-old mother of six children, receives pinto beans distributed by WFP Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at…
Urgent call for aid as Sudan’s crisis approaches third year
Relatives check the body bags of victims of Sudan’s two-year conflict As Sudan’s brutal internal conflict nears its third-year mark,…
FG moves to fast-track trial of 5,000 insurgents in Nigeria
About 5,000 individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activities are currently being held in pre-trial detention facilities across the country,…
Prof Andrew Owusu OLY elected to represent Africa on World Olympians Association Leadership
Professor Andrew Owusu OLY has been unanimously elected as NOAs African Representative Professor Andrew Owusu OLY has been unanimously elected…
Kidnappers hold 166 Kaduna worshippers, demand N29m deposit
Kurmin Wali community in southern Kaduna has been thrown into panic following the mass abduction of 177 Christian worshippers, the…
Judge rejects plea for Besigye’s transfer to private hospital
Judge Baguma has declined a request by lawyers to travel Besigye from Luzira Prison High Court Judge Emmanuel Baguma has…
Angola’s Opaia launches country’s only domestic vehicle assembly plant
Cars are seen infront of the head office of Angola’s state oil company Sonangol on June 7, 2016 Angola’s Opaia…
at least 40 army allies killed in drone strike
Ethiopian government soldiers travel in the back of trucks on a road near Agula, north of Mekele Ethiopian forces killed…
Drone attacks shock city in central Sudan as war inches closer
Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country’s devastating civil war closes in on…
Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries
Bill Gates speaks at the annual Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum in Manhattan, New York City The Gates Foundation and OpenAI…
An interior view of Haske Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, after an attack by gunmen Nigerian troops have rescued 62…
Mozambique floods spiralling into escalating emergency
Flood waters cover the Chibuto-Chaimite road in Gaza province, Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 After weeks of heavy rains, floodwaters…
Museveni grants former education minister official burial
The late Namirembe Bitamazire was a Minister of Education and Sports President Museveni has accorded an official burial ceremony to…