Africa

At least ten people died and 50 others were injured during demonstrations against the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco), in the city of Goma, in the east of the country. Demonstrations have continued for a second day, demanding the departure of the peacekeeping force. After …

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced Russian presence in Africa, as he arrived in Cameroon on Tuesday, a first visit to the country which marks the start of his tour through Africa. The Head of State wants to relaunch Franco-African collaboration, and reaffirm in Cameroon the political and economic relations between …

A herd of about 50 elephants said to have escaped from a conservation area in Zimbabwe have reportedly entered residential areas and destroyed food crops in neighbouring Mozambique, the BBC reported. A Mozambican official said that the elephants had crossed into Machaze district in the central Mozambican province of Manica …

Eight school children, a teacher and a driver died after a minibus carrying them to primary school fell into a roadside ditch in southern Tanzania, local media reported citing a police source. Nineteen other pupils from King David School were injured in the accident on Tuesday morning, the police chief …

Tunisian President Kais Saied expressed happiness over his expected victory in the controversial referendum on the new constitution, which opponents called a way to return the country to one-man rule. Local media said Mr Saied appeared in front of jubilant supporters in the early hours of the morning – after …

Nigerian education authorities have decided to close one of the colleges in the capital, Abuja, citing fears of attack by armed gangs. The education ministry said the closure of the Federal Government College in the city’s suburb of Kwali became necessary over insecurity in nearby villages. According to the ministry, …

Following three weeks of the worst power cuts in South Africa’s history, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a raft of interventions aimed at solving South Africa’s energy crisis. These include improving power utility Eskom’s performance as well as opening up electricity generation to private companies. It follows 10 days of …

A father who wanted to sell his three albino children to have their bodies used in witchcraft has been arrested in northwest Mozambique before the deal was finalized, police said on Monday. Police in the Tete region arrested the father and uncle of the three children last weekend, after being …

Few days after the attack on an advance convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, terrorist group Islamic State, in the West Africa Province (ISWAP), issued serious threats to the place of Nigerian number 1. Terrorists of the ISWAP group are determined to sow terror in Nigeria. In a …

Ghana has recorded one more death from the Marburg virus bringing to three the number of deaths since the outbreak of the virus began here. The victim is a relative of one of the first two cases. Marburg is a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola and …