The southern region of Madagascar has been the hardest hit by drought for three consecutive years. It has been described by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) as a humanitarian ... Read more »
Global scientists are intensifying research into Covid-19, as the World Health Organization moves to expand its scientific collaboration and monitoring of emerging variants of ... Read more »
Tsitsi Dangarembga, the multi-award-winning novelist, playwright, and filmmaker has been announced as the recipient of the PEN Freedom of Expression Award which ... Read more »
In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners have announced the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, ... Read more »
It is tempting to view the arrest warrant issued for Ace Magashule on 10 November 2020 as a game changer in South African politics, writes James Hamill for African Arguments. If ... Read more »
Parents, head teachers and unions have expressed fears of a possible Covid-19 explosion in boarding schools after the institutions reopened with little or no infrastructural ... Read more »
Plans for a rail line between Nigeria and Niger Republic are underway. Portuguese construction firm Mota-Engil signed a nearly U.S.$2 billion contract with Nigeria's Ministry of ... Read more »
A total 10,864 teachers for both primary and secondary schools who were hired without degrees in education, has been offered a one-year contract, according to the Minister of ... Read more »
President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed South Africans on the country's fight against the Coronavirus pandemic which at January 12, sees the total number of cases rise to ... Read more »
Charles Okpaleke, a Nigerian filmmaker, has acquired the rights to produce a biopic on the criminal life of Shina Rambo, a former kidnap ... Read more »
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