Authorities in Ethiopia have denied that civilians were targeted or killed in the airstrike at Togoga village outside Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. The army’s spokesperson Col Getnet Adane told journalists on

UNICEF says children and adolescents made up the bulk of an armed group in Burkina Faso that killed at least 160 people in an attack earlier this month. The UN

Several Kenyan soldiers have been confirmed dead after a military helicopter crashed during training outside the country’s capital, Nairobi, a military statement says. Kenya’s military confirmed the deaths in a

A 21-year old undergraduate has been arrested in connection with the murder of Usifo Ataga, the chief executive officer of Super TV, a media brand situated in Nigeria’s commercial city,

Armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state have killed one and abducted 33 persons. ARISE News understands the terrorists had invaded Kachia local government area of the state on Wednesday

  Togo has launched the largest solar plant in West Africa, some 250 km north of the capital city Lomé. Located in central Togo, the 50-megawatt facility is expected to provide power

The United Nations says the Central African Republic is in a desperate humanitarian situation, with more than half of the nearly five million inhabitants in need of urgent assistance. CAR was on

Southern African countries have agreed to deploy forces to help quell a bloody jihadist insurgency wreaking havoc in northern Mozambique over the past three years. The Southern African Development Community (SADC)

The European Union and the United States have condemned an airstrike said to have been carried out by the Ethiopian air force leaving dozens of civilian casualties at a village market

Egypt is trying to strengthen its diplomatic and military clout in Africa amid an escalating dispute with Ethiopia over the building of a huge dam on a tributary of the

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina on Wednesday disclosed that the bank will support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with $208 billion, as

Nigeria’s Senate has indicted the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) over an alleged diversion of N1,075,266,599.06, $2,301,329.54 and €196,257.42 by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Apart from asking

President Muhammadu Buhari and some Northern governors met Wednesday at the State House, Abuja over the deteriorating security situation in the country. The meeting was said to have primarily centred

The Nigeria Guild of Editors and Nigeria Union of Journalists have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed to order. In a statement

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday lamented the escalating incidence of petrol smuggling across Nigeria’s borders, which it put at a whopping 42 million litres per day. The

A week before the latest deadline to pass Nigeria’s long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), demands for big changes, including from community leaders seeking an increased share of revenues, could push

The Nigerian Army has denied claims it’s colluding with marauding bandits who have been responsible for various crimes and atrocities against Nigerians and the Nigerian state. The Army was reacting to a

Two South African brothers who ran a cryptocurrency investment platform called Africypt have vanished with $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin in what could potentially be the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history. The incident

Editors in Nigeria are criticizing current attempts to regulate the media as such move gives the impression that the federal government is out to crush its enemy. The Nigerian Guild

A Mauritanian court has jailed former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. This decision from the judge in charge of investigating alleged corruption charges comes days after the former president’s refusal