Africa

Uganda has started a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country’s latest outbreak. According to the World Health Organisation…

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum in Sudan on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. Sudan’s regular…

Governors of the Lake Chad Basin region on Friday concluded the 5th forum, promising to consolidate efforts on peacebuilding for sustainable development. The Governors’ position…

A massive prison break in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, resulted in deaths and chaos as the facility housing approximately 3,000 inmates was completely torched early Monday. The…

Nine South African soldiers lost their lives in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo while battling an advance by M23 rebels, who are reportedly aligned with Rwanda. Seven of the fallen…

Maj. Gen. Peter Cirimwami, the governor of North Kivu province in eastern Congo, has died from injuries sustained during a front-line clash with M23 rebels, authorities confirmed Friday.…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has raised alarms about the worsening impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, highlighting an increase in ethnically…

Authorities in South Africa are grappling with a tragic situation at an abandoned gold mine in North West province, where at least 100 illegal miners are believed to have died after being…

John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders. Deatails shortly…

On January 3, 2025, Colonel Isaac Amponsah, the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, collapsed during the President's State of the Nation address in…