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

President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his medical follow-up visit to the United Kingdom No reason was provided for the postponement, but the presidency had said the scheduled trip was a

The World Bank on Thursday reiterated its call for both state and the federal governments in Nigeria to adopt policies that would increase non-oil revenue. In a presentation Thursday during

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom, on Friday for a scheduled medical follow-up. Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina in a statement on Thursday announced the scheduled

Authorities in Ethiopia have denied that civilians were targeted or killed in the airstrike at Togoga village outside Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. The army’s spokesperson Col Getnet Adane told journalists on

UNICEF says children and adolescents made up the bulk of an armed group in Burkina Faso that killed at least 160 people in an attack earlier this month. The UN

Several Kenyan soldiers have been confirmed dead after a military helicopter crashed during training outside the country’s capital, Nairobi, a military statement says. Kenya’s military confirmed the deaths in a

A 21-year old undergraduate has been arrested in connection with the murder of Usifo Ataga, the chief executive officer of Super TV, a media brand situated in Nigeria’s commercial city,

Armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state have killed one and abducted 33 persons. ARISE News understands the terrorists had invaded Kachia local government area of the state on Wednesday

  Togo has launched the largest solar plant in West Africa, some 250 km north of the capital city Lomé. Located in central Togo, the 50-megawatt facility is expected to provide power

The United Nations says the Central African Republic is in a desperate humanitarian situation, with more than half of the nearly five million inhabitants in need of urgent assistance. CAR was on

Southern African countries have agreed to deploy forces to help quell a bloody jihadist insurgency wreaking havoc in northern Mozambique over the past three years. The Southern African Development Community (SADC)

The European Union and the United States have condemned an airstrike said to have been carried out by the Ethiopian air force leaving dozens of civilian casualties at a village market

Egypt is trying to strengthen its diplomatic and military clout in Africa amid an escalating dispute with Ethiopia over the building of a huge dam on a tributary of the