Africa

Africa is now realising its potential and capacity, with the formerly side-lined continent harnessing its demographic dividend and natural resources and becoming an economic, political and social powerhouse, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday. The African continent has particularly suffered the consequences of the climate crisis and conflict …

Assailants have killed a doctor who is the proprietor of Lafia-Angbas Clinic in the Awe Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The assailants launched vicious and grievous machete attacks on the doctor, and the motorcyclist who was conveying the late doctor to the farm,” reports said. The doctor succumbed …

Ugandan police are pursuing Allied Democratic Force (ADF) militants who are suspected to have shot dead two tourists and a guide at the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The three – a British citizen, a South African and a Ugandan guide – were killed in an attack on Tuesday evening while …

A 40-year-old mason has been arrested for allegedly raping a prophetess in a church in the Ilogbo Adu area of Kemta in Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspect stormed the church with weapons and met the victim sleeping,” according to reports. “He held the prophetess hostage while brandishing a knife in …

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed concern over the security of hundreds of Malawians in Israel amid escalating war between Israeli forces and Hamas. “I am deeply concerned about the welfare of civilians there, including the safety of over 300 Malawians living in Israel,” Mr Chakwera posted on Facebook. He …

Five men have been jailed for 12 years each after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull in Nigeria, according to reports. They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor, who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich. “The herbalist informed and promised …

At least 50 people, including women and children, were kidnapped and three others killed in an attack by gunmen in Bagega, a mining village in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, local media reported Tuesday, citing residents. Kidnapping for ransom has become commonplace in northwestern Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, …

Gunmen have attacked and killed nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as Yan Ba Beli in Bauchi state, Nigeria, according to reports. “The vigilantes were killed in Gamji village forest while they were searching for bandits who have been killing and kidnapping innocent people for ransom,” reports …

Guinean security forces have arrested a dozen journalists who were demonstrating against alleged media censorship in the country, local media reported. Among those arrested in Monday’s protests was the secretary-general of the Union of Professionals of the Press of Guinea (SPPG), Sekou Jamal Pendessa. The union had called a march …

U.S. e-commerce firm Amazon announced it would launch its online shopping service in South Africa in 2024, entering a market dominated by Naspers’ TakeAlot, Reuters reported. The online retail giant said starting on Tuesday, independent sellers in South Africa could register their businesses on its marketplace website. The launch of …