Africa

Tabitha Siwale, Tanzania's pioneering female cabinet minister, passed away at 86 on March 12, 2025, at Hindu Mandal Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Born in 1939 in Mbeya Region,…

Uganda dispatched special forces to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to support President Salva Kiir's government amid rising tensions with First Vice President Riek Machar. The…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Committee of the Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS), are currently meeting in Abuja to among other things, review the pledges for the ECOWAS…

UN children’s agency,  UNICEF on Tuesday said Children under five, including babies, are among  victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…

A newly discovered variant of Mpox, which may be more efficient at spreading between humans, has been detected in Africa. The strain is a mutation of Clade 1a Mpox—an older…

A 4-year-old child has become the second fatality in Uganda's ongoing Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday. The child was hospitalized at Mulago…

Benin Republic's military conducted an offensive operation overnight Thursday into Friday in the Karimama commune near the Niger border, resulting in the neutralization of nine…

A recent University of Ghana graduate, known as Poka, has shared a detailed breakdown of her expenses totaling GH₵1,160 to achieve her desired look for her graduation ceremony on…

At least 11 people were killed and 65 others injured after explosions rocked a rally for the M23 rebel group in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Thursday. The DRC…

Suspected Islamist militants have massacred at least 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving decapitated bodies inside a church. The brutal attack,…