A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity, including mass rape. A military court convicted Ntabo Ntaberi

Unidentified armed kidnappers have abducted a staff of Ahmadu Bello University and his family at his residence in Sardauba Cresent, Main Campus Samaru, Zaira. Malam Auwalu Umar, Public Affairs Directorate,

A judge leading an inquiry into corruption in South Africa is set to lodge a criminal complaint with the police against Jacob Zuma after the former President walked out of

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the country’s slide into recession to the severity of the global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Buhari said the decline in the

The death toll in Uganda from last week’s protests has gone up to 45, the police have said. The Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, on Monday said that 39 men and

The Federal High Court in Abuja, the Nigerian capital on Monday ordered the remand of serving Senator Ali Ndume over his failure to produce former Chairman of the defunct Pension

Kenya is seeking a loan of as much as $2.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund under the lender’s extended fund facility. Talks on a possible 3 1/2-year loan program

The United Nations urged Ethiopia on Monday to ensure the protection of civilians, a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before a military

The meeting between the federal government and the organised labour on the hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariffs ended in disarray on Sunday as the labour leaders walked

Barely five weeks after the National Economic Council (NEC), headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, directed the establishment of judicial panels of inquiry nationwide to investigate complaints of alleged police

 With the economy now back in recession, Nigeria is definitely not contemplating a second lockdown even though Covid-19 cases are increasing by the day, the Secretary to the Government of

Polls have opened in Burkina Faso for a presidential election overshadowed by extremist violence. President Kabore is expected to win reelection, while opposition candidates have warned of “massive electoral fraud.”

Ethiopia’s army plans to surround the rebel-held capital of Tigray region with tanks and may use artillery on the city to try to end a nearly three-week war, a military

A Nigerian doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu, is at the centre of the Pfizer-led research, development and trials that have culminated in a breakthrough for Covid-19 vaccines. Pfizer, after the conclusion

Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former presidents were named to help mediate the

Feelers from Nigeria’s Presidency on Friday revealed that the search for a new Chairman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have started, following the recommendation of the

After over nine months strike, the doors of Nigeria’s universities look set for opening latest Friday next week. This follows the federal government’s decision Friday to accede to the demands