Twelve people are dead and 4,500 people have fallen sick in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a toxic leak from the Catoca diamond mine in neighbouring Angola

The Nigeria military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have surrendered to the authorities in the last couple of weeks, the BBC reports. Cameroon

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has announced Valentine Oziigbo as the authentic candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6 governorship election in Nigeria’s southeastern Anambra State.

Eighty per cent of African countries might miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable among their populations against COVID-19 before the end of September, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for investigation into the payment of the $418 million Paris Club refund-related judgment debts to six creditors, which was recently

The Kaduna State government has banned the transportation of livestock from the state to other parts of the country as part of efforts to tackle insecurity. The government also prohibited

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that the federal government will take necessary measures to recover the over N6 trillion allegedly misappropriated in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State in northwest Nigeria on Thursday said the nation’s security forces are not properly armed and are largely overstretched as a result of other

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the African Cross-border Informal Trade is estimated to be worth $93 billion and one that offers limitless opportunities for the industrialization of Africa. Mr

The Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has said more than 13,000 projects executed in Nigeria’s niger delta area were substantially compromised despite the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) receiving

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described as horrifying the abduction of another set of students in Nigeria. Reacting to the abduction of 100 students and a teacher of Government

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has received the final report of a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from the country’s Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godswill Akpabio. The

Egypt has announced plans to manufacture one billion doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine every year, a move it says would make the East African country become the Middle East and

Egypt is planning a new high-tech leap with its new capital on the outskirts of Cairo. Citizens will use smart cards and apps to unlock doors and make payments, and

Football legend and President of Liberia George Weah has dedicated a newly built military hospital in honour of the number 14 shirt he wore for the national football team. Constructed

Organised labour, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has warned that it would embark on an industrial action if the speculation about an increase in electricity tariff

A television presenter in Ivory Coast was convicted on Wednesday of glorifying rape and given a one-year suspended prison sentence for asking a convicted rapist he invited onto his prime-time

Governor of Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle has ordered the immediate closure of all secondary and primary schools in the state till further notice. The governor’s order follows