Africa

In Kenya, thousands of people marched across the country on Wednesday, in memory of those killed, injured or missing during the June 25, 2024 demonstration, these people were denouncing the rising cost of living. According to reports, at least 16 people were killed during demonstrations in Kenya. The marches degenerated …

Kristy Coventry was sworn in as the new president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, to mark the organization’s 131st anniversary. She is the first woman and the first African to head the IOC. She replaces the German Thomas Bach. Thomas Bach, Olympic team fencing champion in 1976, is …

At least 29 students died in a Bangui high school, while 260 others were injured, in a stampede caused by the explosion of an electrical transformer in the Central African Republic. The incident occurred while over 5,000 students from six other schools in the Central African capital were taking their …

Four travellers were killed and 10 others injured following a bomb explosion at Komala village along the Maiduguri–Damboa Road in Borno State, Nigeria. The incident involved a Suzuki pick-up truck that ran over an improvised explosive device Borno State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Nahum Daso, said the injured victims had …

Two people were shot dead and several others injured on Wednesday as fresh protests erupted in Nairobi and across major Kenyan cities, marking the anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-tax demonstrations that left over 60 people dead. Protesters clashed with police who fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse …

One person has tragically died and another is being treated after a residential building collapsed on them in Ayidan Amissah Ekyir, in the metropolis of Cape Coast, in Ghana’s Central Region. The incident occurred at dawn on Tuesday, June 25, 2025, just days after a similar collapse on Saturday, June …

According to a ranking drawn up by the Australian think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), peace has deteriorated in more than half of the 50 African countries surveyed. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest number of countries involved in conflict. The Global Peace Index 2025 (GPI) …

The Head of State of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, takes over the rotating presidency of the Economic Community of West African States following a vote organized during the 67th summit of Heads of State heldin Abuja, Nigeria. For one year, he will have the onerous task of leading the …

A man believed to be in his 30s was found with his head completely crushed in the Savannah Region, Ghana, according to reports. Tension has gripped the town of Buipe in the Savannah Region following the discovery of the man’s lifeless body along the Buipe-Kintampo highway. Residents who came across …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, at the age of 80, will stand for re-election in the presidential elections scheduled for January 2026, his party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), announced. Museveni seeks to retain the positions of NRM chairman and the party’s presidential flag-bearer in the 2026 elections, the presidential party …