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Catholic bishops in South Sudan have expressed frustration at the slow implementation of the revitalised peace agreement which was signed three years ago to end five years of conflict. The bishops say "the root causes of the conflict…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $67 million emergency support for Equatorial Guinea to help it deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and an explosion at a military base that destroyed much of its mainland city…

The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has expressed willingness to collaborate with the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that public and private organisations comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation NDPR.…

The jihadist leader of the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara has been killed by the French military, President Emmanuel Macron says. Writing on Twitter, Mr Macron described the death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as a "major…

Leaders of the West African bloc Ecowas are due to hold a summit to discuss the political crisis in Guinea following a coup that ousted President Alpha Condé, The Ecowas leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup…

Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team, the Super Falcons kicked off the maiden Aisha Buhari Invitational with a win. Substitute, Gift Monday, displayed a woman-of-the-match worthy performance when she gave the Falcons a 2-0…

The Kano state government northwestern Nigeria has promised to commit resources to improve social protection policy in it's 2022 budget. Focal person of the Expanding Social Protection For Inclusive Development (ESPID) Mr Richard Musa…

The Director-General, Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board, Olajide Boladuro, has appealed to media houses to collaborate with the agency to checkmate what he described as undue publicity for illegal gaming operators in the state. Boladuro…

A prominent member of the Rwandan refugee community in Mozambique, who had told police there was a plot to kill him, has been shot dead. Mr. Révocat Karemangingo, who was the treasurer of the Rwandan refugee association, was driving to…

South Africa's FA (Safa) is confident the country can sufficiently suppress its number of Covid-19 infections in time to host Fifa's Club World Cup later this year. South Africa has expressed a keen interest in staging the club…