Africa

Eight new cases of the Ebola virus have been recorded in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Wednesday. Of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities, the WHO’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account. Some 573 …

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has directed the government to begin its transfer to a new capital city next month. A spokesman for Mr Sisi said the move would be part of a six-month trial period. The so-called New Administrative Capital is being built some 45km east of Cairo. Read …

The representative of the United States in Ethiopia, Geeta Pasi called on American citizens living in the country to leave it due to the deteriorating security situation in this country in the Horn of Africa. The US embassy in Addis Ababa said the security situation in the country had deteriorated …

According to the executive director of the United Nations AIDS agency, HIV infections could have a peak in the western and central regions of Africa due to the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in health services. “We are seeing across countries, a decrease in people receiving prevention, a decrease in …

Algeria’s presidency has announced the deaths of three Algerians in an attack that it has blamed on Morocco, a local television station reports. Ennahar television says the statement from the presidency describes the incident as a “barbaric Moroccan bombardment”, which it says occurred on Monday on the border between Western …

South Africa’s scheduled power cuts have affected the pace of vote counting following the local elections that took place on Monday, local media report. The electoral body had hoped to have counted 90% of the votes by Tuesday night but only 58% had been counted by Wednesday morning. The state …

Eswatini’s King Mswati III and the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa have agreed to work together to set up a national dialogue forum to resolve the intensifying protests in Eswatini. The agreement comes after the king met President Cyril Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the security organ of the Southern African …

Amos Chanda, the former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s aide has been arrested and charged with insulting and obstructing officers who were searching his home. Mr Chanda’s wife and sister-in-law who were present during the incident, were also arrested. The three are accused of insulting and obstructing anti-corruption officers who were …

A dozen civilians were killed on Monday and four others are reported missing in northern Burkina Faso in attacks attributed to jihadists near the border with Niger. The unidentified armed men attacked the group of civilians as they were going to a weekly market in the town of Markoye, about …

Government in Ethiopia has declared a nationwide state of emergency as war escalates in several regions in the country. The government had earlier urged people in the capital Addis Ababa to arm themselves, as rebels from the northern Tigray region advance to the south. A local news site, Addis Standard, …