Ethiopia heads to the polls with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed widely expected to win amid low-key campaigning, opposition weakness, and ongoing security tensions.
From a domestic game-changer to a cross-continental empire, how does one group intend to power the future of Africa? We are here with Aliko Dangote himself.
With parts of Northern Europe experiencing sweltering May temperatures, scientists are warning that it’s only going to get worse. According to new report from the World Meteorological Organization, the next five years will likely smash global heat records.
The number of suspected cases in the country's east is nearing 1,000, with at least 220 suspected deaths.
Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea's all-powerful president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States.
Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa.
It is a key step for Invictus Energy as it looks to advance its efforts to commercialise hydrocarbon resources in the Cabora Bassa basin.
South Africa's border police stopped a truck from Malawi that was driving into the country with drugs worth nearly one billion rand ($61 million), authorities said on Thursday.
It is the latest salvo in the ongoing crackdown on independent organisations by the military authorities which seized power in a 2022 coup.
Around 800 people from Ghana have said they want to leave amid heightened anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa.
Health workers at Rwampala hospital in the DRC have been on the frontline of the Ebola outbreak since the first case was identified less that two weeks ago. But treating the deadly disease isn’t their only challenge - they’re also working to prevent the spread.
Veteran politician, Atiku Abubakar, outperformed two rival aspirants in a primary election that will see him stand for the party in the 2027 presidential elections.
Around 800 people from Ghana have said they want to leave amid heightened anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa.
The celebrations comes as rising food and transport costs make it difficult for some families to buy a sheep for the traditional slaughter.
Uganda shut its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday in a bid to contain the Ebola outbreak that has hit its neighbour, the health ministry announced.
Global health officials are on high alert as the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread, now crossing borders into neighboring Uganda.The UN’s aviation agency is urging governments and airlines to follow strict post-pandemic health guidelines.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has unveiled a new Cabinet and the message is clear: continuity over change. Key allies including Vice President Jessica Alupo and Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja have kept their positions, while longtime political heavyweights like Rebecca Kadaga and Janet Muse
The admissions ceiling will be increased by 10,000 for this year to allow in more people of Afrikaner ethnicity, amid Trump's false claims they are being persecuted.
In Goma, they are using theatre, music, talks, and discussions to explain what Ebola is and how to avoid further spreading the deadly virus.
The first group of around 300 Ghanaian nationals departed from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Wednesday as Ghana began a voluntary repatriation programme for citizens wanting to leave South Africa amid growing anti-immigrant tensions.
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