Cholera, commonly known as a "disease of poverty," continues to claim 115 lives deaths per hour among marginalized communities in Africa that lack access...
Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on...
The funeral events have begun in Uganda for Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set ablaze by her former boyfriend and later died.
Dickson...
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has collapsed on the podium while addressing N’wamitwa Day in Tzaneen in Limpopo.
He was rushed to hospital.
Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi...
Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal.
Kenya is struggling...
International students planning to study in the United Kingdom will face higher financial requirements from January 2025, following new rules announced by the UK...
African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said Thursday as it described the rising toll as “not...
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal promised severe sanctions against people smugglers during his visit on Wednesday to the town of Mbour, the departure...
A Performance audit report conducted by the Auditor-General has exposed safety issues and regulatory shortfalls in the country's inland water transport sector.
The report, covering...
Parts of Central and West Africa have seen heavy flooding over an unusually intense rainy season, unleashing a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds have...
Nigeria’s drug approval agency has warned people not to buy “miracle” products produced by a church with popular Nigerian Christian televangelist Jeremiah Fufeyin at...
Burkina Faso’s junta administration has unveiled a new generation biometric passport that no longer carries the insignia of the Economic Community of West African...
A financial statement published by the World Bank has placed Nigeria as the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as...
Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its...
A daughter of the former South African President Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have become engaged during a traditional ceremony...
The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor over the death of his client.
The native doctor, who...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine...
A Nigerian woman based in Canada, Amaka Sunnberger, is under probe for threatening to poison Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin extractions.
A representative of the...
A recent report has revealed that between July 2023 and June 2024, Nigerians paid N1.048 billion in ransom to kidnappers.
The report by SBM Intelligence...
An employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company, Auwal Dankode, has been hailed for his integrity after returning $10,000 found in a plane.
The worker...
South African billionaire, Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest person, according to the latest data from the Bloomberg Billionaires...
In a bizarre and unsettling incident in Zimbabwe, a 58-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly using a live tortoise to threaten her Human Resources...
