As of October 30, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries has reached 1,765,584. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 42,453, and recoveries ... Read more »

Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country "will not cave in to aggressions of any kind" after President Donald Trump suggested Egypt could destroy a controversial Nile dam. ... Read more »

Zimbabwe police have arrested Henrietta Rushwaya, the boss of a miners' federation and formerly the CEO of the football association, for allegedly trying to smuggle six kilograms ... Read more »

Leading Nigerian campaigning journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, has been honoured for his courage by one of the world's top press freedom groups, the New York-based Committee to Protect ... Read more »

Amnesty International has accused Nigerian authorities of a cover up in the Lekki Toll Gate deaths, that occurred during the #EndSARS protests on October 20, 2020. In a ... Read more »

At first, news of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's appointment as the World Trade Organisation's director-general after a hotly contested race was hailed as an African first. Now, the Premi Read more »

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan have defended the controversial decision to secure South African Airways (SAA) a U.S.$643,838,000 ... Read more »

President Macky Sall has signed four decrees dissolving his 32-strong team after 18 months. These announced changes are reportedly part of a desire by Sall to regain control during ... Read more »

Extremist groups operating in East Africa, including Al-Shabaab, Ansar al-Sunna and the Islamic State, are taking advantage of the gaps in the region's maritime security. These ... Read more »

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation - the Hawks - have begun their investigation into Lottery corruption after they received a complaint from the Department of Trade, ... Read more »