January 22, 2021
Nigeria: Nation's Human Rights Record in 2020
An excerpt on Nigeria from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
December 22, 2020
Central African Republic: Russian, Rwandan Troops Deployed After Attempted Coup - Govt
The government of the Central African Republic says that Russia and Rwanda sent hundreds of troops into the country after an alleged coup bid that took place ahead of … Read more »
September 22, 2020
Malawi: Malawi's President Appeals to Investors, Implores South African Farmers to 'Invest In Our Soil'
With the world focused on fighting the pandemic, a remarkable achievement went largely unnoticed in Africa. A court in Malawi annulled a rigged election and a peaceful rerun… Read more »
September 21, 2020
Egypt: Does Egypt Need to Go Nuclear?
Egypt's venture into nuclear power has been planned from the top down, with environmental groups and rights organisations expressing reservations, energy analysts questioning… Read more »
September 15, 2020
Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction - Experts Say that We Should Trust Science to Save Lives
On September 10th, an international tobacco harm reduction media event was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. 140 journalists from all over the world were invited to participate in this… Read more »
August 18, 2020
Senegal: Sadio Mane Wins English Premier League Fans' Player of the Year Award
Senegalese national player and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has won the Premier League Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Player of the Year award for 2019-20. Read more »
August 07, 2020
Africa: Coronavirus Could Double Malaria Deaths, Researchers Warn
Malaria deaths in Africa could double this year if the coronavirus pandemic is allowed to disrupt malaria prevention and treatment initiatives, say researchers from Imperial… Read more »
July 30, 2020
Nigeria: Victor Osimhen Finally Signs Deal With Napoli
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, 21, has finally struck a 5-year deal with Italian club Napoli. Read more »
June 18, 2020
Africa: In The Fight Against COVID-19, Africa is The Unsung Continent
Two months ago, when the peak of the pandemic passed in China and moved to the United States and Western Europe, epidemiologists tried to predict where COVID-19 would hit next -… Read more »
June 15, 2020
Africa: Alternatives to Conventional Tobacco: The Unwavering Stance of Scientists and Experts
The seventh annual Global Forum on Nicotine - GFN - took place on June 11th & 12 th and was organized by "Knowledge Action Change Limited (KAC)", headed by… Read more »
April 07, 2020
Africa: Positive Moves After Finance Ministers Call for Debt Relief During COVID-19 Crisis
The appeal Africa's ministers of finance made to bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners after their online conferences of March 19 and 31, 2020, for the alleviation of… Read more »
March 24, 2020
Africa: Turning the Tables - African and European Narratives in the Time of Corona
Most of Europe is in lockdown, trying to cope with the huge implications of the battle against the novel coronavirus. Africans are following what is happening on the other side of… Read more »
January 14, 2020
South Sudan: Announcement of Peace Agreement Concluded in Rome
Following is the statement issued by the Community of Sant'Egidio, a lay Catholic association in Rome that has been mediating the conflict among parties in South Sudan: Read more »
October 21, 2019
Africa: V.Putin - "Our African agenda is positive and future-oriented"
Question: The Sochi Summit is meant to open a new chapter in the relations between the Russian Federation and African countries. Its participants will bring to Sochi their ideas… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Southern Africa: Prince Harry, Meghan Begin 10-Day Tour in South Africa
A British royal tour of southern Africa kicks off in Cape Town on Monday September 23, 2019, the SABC reports. Read more »
September 20, 2019
Nigeria: British-Nigerian Rapper Wins UK's 2019 Mercury Prize
British-Nigerian rapper David Omoregie, popularly known as Dave, has won the 2019 Mercury Prize for his album Psychodrama. Read more »
August 27, 2019
South Africa: White House Reporter Now Knows Who South Africa's President Is
The United States reporter who called South African president Cyril Ramaphosa an "unidentified leader" has corrected her mistake. Read more »
August 26, 2019
South Africa: Meet the White House Reporter Who Can't Identify an African President
South African Twitter users are outraged at a United States reporter who apparently does not know who President Cyril Ramaphosa is. Read more »
August 22, 2019
Ghana: Former Black Stars Striker Junior Agogo Dies
Former Ghanian footballer Junior Agogo has died in a London hospital, Kickgh.com reports. Read more »
August 15, 2019
South Africa: Environmental Engineer With Flair for Art Receives Italian Knighthood
Professor Cristina Trois, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN) first woman professor, first dean of engineering and South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate Change… Read more »
August 07, 2019
Africa: Racism Row - Chairman of German Football Club Schalke to Step Down
The head of the supervisory board of German football club, Clemens Tönnies, is to temporarily step down after he was found to have broken anti-discrimination rules, Deutsche… Read more »
July 17, 2019
Nigeria: Ed Sheeran Plans Jollof Rice Adventure
It seems like multiple award-winning British singer Ed Sheeran has added Nigeria to his bucket list - all because of jollof rice. Read more »
July 08, 2019
Libya: Plea to Save Lives of Migrants and Refugees in Tripoli
Countries such as Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Norway should offer emergency sanctuary to refugees and migrants whose lives are threatened by fighting in… Read more »
July 05, 2019
Cameroon: President Biya's Bodyguards Guilty of Attacking Swiss Reporter
Six members, five men and a woman, of President Paul Biya's security team were arrested in Geneva for an alleged assault on a journalist who was covering a demonstration by… Read more »
June 27, 2019
Africa: How to Limit the Continent's Exposure to Volatile Global Markets
allAfrica's Juanita Williams was in Moscow for the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) meetings - one of the preludes to the October 24 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi,… Read more »