Africa

20 million people are severely affected by drought in southern Africa and will be unable to feed themselves until 2025, according to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These millions of people are in Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. The World Food Programme’s Country Director for Zimbabwe, …

Re-elected in December with 89.6% of the vote, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is due to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term as the country’s leader. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on Tuesday at the new parliament buildings near the capital, Cairo, partly state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram …

One person has died following a bee attack on members of the Roman Catholic Church in Owuoso, a suburb of Asante Agona in Ghana’s Ashanti region. “The Reverend Father and his congregants were holding the Good Friday Easter Mass when the swarm of bees invaded the auditorium to attack the …

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has appointed former Planning Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka as the country’s first-ever female Prime Minister. She replaces Sama Lukonde who resigned in February. “I know that the task is great and the challenges [are] immense, but with the support of the president and …

Six Kenyan traders were brutally killed in a cross-border in the Somalia border town of Dhobley, according to reports. The victims were hawkers who regularly crossed the border to open their shops in Dhobley. “Gunmen with covered faces, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants, arrived in a white Probox vehicle and …

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but escaped unharmed after a drunk driver hit his official state car. Zuma, 81, served as president from 2009 to 2018 amidst corruption allegations. The crash occurred in his home province, KwaZulu-Natal. “No injuries were reported,” said …

The spokesperson for the Nigerian Defence Ministry announced that the army would release more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. 313 people who had been suspected of being members of Boko Haram, will be released after a ruling by a court in northeastern …

The Deputy Commander of the Volta North regional police force was found dead in a hotel in Hohoe, Ghana, according to reports. “Relatives of the deceased had tried reaching him on the phone several times but there was no response,” reports said. The family then lodged a complaint with the …

Forty-five people lost their lives after the bus they were traveling in crashed as they came from Botswana to attend an Easter church service in South Africa, local media reported. One eight-year-old child is reported to have survived. The bus crashed through a barrier and plunged into a ravine before …

A French court has announced the conviction of Liberian former rebel, Kunti Kamara, for his role during Liberia’s civil war three decades ago. At his first trial in 2022, following his arrest in France, he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and violence against civilians, but appealed against the …