More than 90% of people in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray are in need of emergency food aid, the United Nations food agency has announced. “A total of 5.2 million

Unidentified gunmen in Uganda have shot and injured Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala near his home in the capital Kampala. Eyewitnesses say the gunmen were riding on a motorcycle. General Wamala

France is calling for strict adherence to Mali’s transition timetable by military authorities and reiterated France’s condemnation of the coup in the country. The French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian tweeted that

Three states in Nigeria’s northeast, the epicentre of insurgency in the country, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, have been ranked as the most dangerous states in the country to travel to.

The leadership of major socio-cultural groups from Southern and Middle Belt part of Nigeria on Monday charted a new path for the emergence of a new constitution for Nigeria. Their

Nigeria’s five southeast states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, were shut down on Monday following the residents’ compliance with the sit-at-home order by seperatist group, the Indigenous People

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank status to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region. Secretary to

The number of people killed in two attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to at least 50. They are thought to have been carried

Members of the resident doctors association in Zambia are being arrested by the Police after their leadership announced a strike on Friday. The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) is

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) have announced a $750,000 grant to support the charting of the main channel of the Niger-Benue river in Nigeria, as

Separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected claims by the Nigerian police that it was involved in the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a former adviser to ex-President

The Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) has debunked claims that Omoyele Sowore a firmer presidential candidate and activist was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police’

Authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Niger say eleven children who were among the many abducted children from Salihu Tanko Islamic School have been released because they were “too

Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by the police in the nation’s capital Abuja on Monday. Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the

Tension has enveloped the five states in Nigeria’s southeast as secessionist agitators ramped up attacks on security facilities and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assets, in a fashion reminiscent of

Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), until the current military dictators vacate office and return the country to civil

A former political adviser to ex-Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo State. Mr Gulak was shot dead on his way to the

Leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forums in Nigeria are demanding the federal government declares a national emergency on security noting that the 2023 general elections could be jeopardized if

Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali’s coup leader and newly appointed interim president, has been summoned to an emergency meeting of West African leaders in Ghana. At Sunday’s extraordinary summit, the 15-member