Authorities in Zimbabwe on Saturday imposed a national lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 cases, stating that only essential services, such as hospitals, pharmacies and supermarkets will remain operational for the next

Niger is set for a second round of vote as no candidate clinched the needed majority for a first-round win in the December 27 vote. Former Prime Minister and favourite

Niger’s electoral commission is set to announce the final results of the country’s presidential election on Saturday with the candidate of the ruling party set for a first-round win. Provisional results showed Mohamed Bazoum

Egypt’s foreign ministry has said it has summoned Ethiopia’s top diplomat in Cairo over comments by an Addis Ababa official regarding a controversial dam on the Nile. The Egyptian ministry

Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, according to Ethiopia’s

At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory. Farmers had gone to the fields in the village of

Rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Nigerian government 48 hours to unconditionally release Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and other activists arrested during

Nigeria’s military on Thursday tendered its report card in the last one year, in the efforts to keep Nigeria safe, saying it killed 4,000 terrorism suspects, including terror commanders of

A group in northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said ransoms being paid to kidnappers are converted to acquire sophisticated weapons and instruments of death by the kidnappers

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to urgently tackle the country’s challenges head-on with a renewed determination and promising to fulfill the five demands of the #EndSARS protesters, a demand

President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic is on track to win the elections, his party said on Thursday despite the initial results of Sunday’s elections only just coming in. The announcement comes a

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the country’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.588 trillion ($34.518bn) into law. The signing took place at the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The National Assembly last Monday passed the budget

An Ethiopian refugee who became a symbol of integration in Italy, her adopted home, has been killed on her farm where she raised goats for her cheese business, police said

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday urged churches to comply with all government regulations to combat the spread of Covid-19 while conducting their crossover services. Against the backdrop

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that citizens will pay heavily in January for disregarding Covid-19 health protocols, and noted that the nation’s health system is struggling to cope with the increasing

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned Tuesday after a two-month stay in Germany, where he was treated with COVID-19, ending a long period of uncertainty in a country facing health, political

Moroccan Historian and human rights defender Maati Monjib was on Tuesday arrested and will be brought before the Public Prosecutor, in a case where he is accused of “money laundering”. Before the arrest,