The United Kingdom has announced new funds to combat terror in the Lake Chad Basin following the growth of terrorism on the African continent. Specifically in the new funding plan,

Nigeria’s military says its troops have killed 12 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province members during a gun duel in Borno State, the epicentre of insurgency in

Amnesty International has expressed concern over Zambia’s deteriorating human rights record ahead of the 12 August election. According to the rights group, the past five years have seen “an increasingly

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad on Monday swore in 18 new judges that were recently elevated to the Court of Appeal. The new justices of the Court

President Roch Kaboré has called on opposition and civil society groups to cancel planned nationwide protests against rising insecurity in Burkina Faso. The Burkinabe leader in a televised address to the nation said the protests

Authorities in Tunisia say its navy had rescued 178 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach Europe.   The country’s defence ministry in a statement on Sunday said two

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has officially announced the appointment of a former Lagos State Accountant General, David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU).

A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over the country’s rising population, fearing that it could become a problem if not well managed. The former Nigerian leader stated this while addressing a mentoring session with

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant. The worst-hit country on the African continent

The Presidency Sunday described as unnecessary, the threat by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to bomb oil installations if some of their demands are not met by the federal government.

The efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to reclaim old grazing routes for herdsmen may be hampered by the building of roads, hospitals, schools and other public utilities on the

Nigeria’s three tiers of government may have to look elsewhere to augment revenues accruing monthly from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is

Twenty-one men have been executed in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland after they were convicted of being members of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. They were sentenced by a military

A proposal by the South African government to legalise polyandry – when a woman has more than one husband at the same time – has led to howls of protest

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday identified drug trafficking and abuse as more threatening to the stability of the nation than banditry and insurgency that are prevalent in some parts

Tanzania is being hit by a third wave of coronavirus, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said. The East African nation had warned of a third wave of Covid-19 and directed

Thousands of citizens in South Africa have gathered in Pretoria to demand a faster coronavirus vaccination rollout in the continent’s worst-hit country. With less than four per cent of South

Authorities in Namibia say reserves of medical oxygen have been “exhausted” with the country experiencing record numbers of daily deaths from coronavirus. Health Minister, Kalumbi Shangula on Friday said “oxygen