Africa

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi has been admitted to a hospital in Paris for medical tests, according to reports. The 65-year-old, a close aide of President Alassane Ouattara, was named Prime Minister in March following the death…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the term of Chief Justice Luke Malaba by five years. The President said he has “considered Malaba’s election to continue in the office of Chief justice beyond the age of seventy years…

China has offered to provide Zambia with Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines towards the southern African nation’s vaccination programme, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Minister of Health Jonas Chanda said the Chinese vaccine…

The government of Sierra Leone will move to end death penalty in the country, Deputy Justice Minister Umaru Napoleon Koroma said on Wednesday. “once the legislation goes to parliament and gets approved, that ends the story of death penalty…

The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against rebels who have killed hundreds of people in the last year, Congo’s government said. On Sunday, a…

Ivory Coast which is the world's top cocoa producer is still battling against increased child labour on farms. In a crackdown in Soubre, Ivory Coast’s cocoa-producing hub, west of Abidjan, police found and rescued 68 children working in…

The governing African National Congress (ANC) according to President Cyril Ramaphosa supporters is finally gaining grounds as one of the main party rivals of the South African President were suspended. But they say Ramaphosa must move…

Uganda's longest-serving President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday for his sixth-elective term of office at Kololo Independence Grounds. "I, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, swear that I'll observe the laws of…

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said on Wednesday that economic growth was projected at 3.8% in 2021, down from an earlier estimate of 6.1%, owing to the impact of COVID-19 on multiple sectors of the economy. The president delivered…

Thousands of Ethiopian Muslims gathered at a central square in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night for a massive evening iftar meal, praying for peace at a time of national upheaval. The event, the first of its kind in the capital, came as…