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A new estimate for the amount of money that Zambia owes Chinese lenders is nearly double what the Zambian government had previously admitted. Zambia spends at least 30% of its income on interest payments, according to credit ratings firm…

France is slashing the number of Visas issued to people from Algeria, Libya, and Morocco. A government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, told Europe 1 Radio that it was a drastic and unprecedented decision, made necessary by the…

Kenya’s Health Ministry has dismissed an exposé that alleged massive looting and disappearance of millions of dollars of donor funds and equipment meant to help the Country contain the spread of Coronavirus. An investigation by…

Tributes have been pouring in on Social media for the celebrated Somali comedian, actor and TV host Abdi Muridi Dhere, popularly known as Ajakis, who died on Monday in Mogadishu after a short illness. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi…

Sudan's Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has described a failed coup as an attempt to derail the country's transition to civilian rule. In a televised address, Mr Hamdok blamed loyalists of former President Omar al-Bashir, who…

A South African court has resumed a trial that has dragged out for years over a $2b arms deal involving ex-President Jacob Zuma, whose legal team was expected to make a plea to remove the prosecutor. The trial over the 1990s deal was…

The Moroccan security forces say they've broken up a cell of militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. The arrests  were made in the southern city of Errachidia. The suspects have been ‘accused of plotting the imminent killing…

More than 80 people have been killed by flooding in Sudan since the beginning of the rainy season in July. The spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence said that ''84 people had died and 67 injured.'' The torrential’…

The family of a missing Somali Intelligence Officer, Ikran Tahlil, has rejected a commission of inquiry formed by President Mohamed Farmajo’ to probe her disappearance in June. President Farmajo posted on Twitter that the five-member…

Around 300 protesters gathered in Geneva in front of the United Nations headquarters on Monday to call for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. The protest came as the UN Human…