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Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe…

Heavy fighting has flared up again in several parts of the Ethiopian region of Amhara, where government troops are battling local militia. Artillery has been used in the latest clashes between soldiers and the Fano militia. The…

At least 15 Catholic worshippers have been killed in a Burkina Faso village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for mass at a church in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. Sunday’s violence in…

Three foreign nationals are expected to appear in court in South Africa on several charges, including murder, in connection with the killing of a 74-year-old German tourist on Saturday. South African police allege that the suspects…

Namibian President Hage Geingob was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes’ Acre cemetery on Sunday following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German president and Princess Anne, the sister of Britain’s King Charles III.…

The Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) has barred the Norwegian cruise ship Norwegian Dawn from docking at its ports, fearing health risks after some passengers onboard the ship developed a stomach illness. "The decision not to allow the…

The influential Catholic Church in Malawi has criticised President Lazarus Chakwera, saying the country has become worse in the four years of his leadership. In a scathing attack that appears to be directed at the president, the church,…

Foreign Nationals Killed In Tanzania Road Crash Foreign nationals of seven countries are among 25 people who have been killed in a road crash involving four vehicles on a highway to Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha. The accident…

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa made it known on Saturday that his party, the African National Congress(ANC), would build on the successes of the last three decades and work to resolve the country’s challenges of high unemployment,…

Zambia has seen a surge in cholera cases since January 2024 with fatalities reaching 700, medical charity Doctors Without Borders. The country has recorded nearly 20,000 infections since the outbreak started in October 2023. While at…