Report says, Ethiopia has shut its land borders to nearly all human traffic as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Africa’s second-most […]

Reports say, the Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, announced 2nd July as the new date for the rerun of annulled presidential elections. The country’s top court had ordered […]

Report says, officials count votes are under way in Guinea after at least 10 people were killed in the violence as debris burns on the streets […]

Report says, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the coronavirus pandemic as a national disaster. He said this could help the government mobilize resources. Mnangagwa also […]

South Africa announced Sunday that it will close its borders to all foreign nationals from high-risk countries where the novel coronavirus has spread widely. “We have […]

Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered the closure of all schools and universities in Ghana as his administration moves to stem the spread of the coronavirus […]

Sweden’s government on Monday said it had decided to send troops to Mali to join French-led special forces that are fighting militants linked to al Qaeda […]

Report says, at least five people have been killed following floods in Cairo and several other cities in Egypt . The floods was as a result […]

With just over 100 cases reported in total, Africa is on record as among the least impacted continents with respect to the coronavirus epidemic. Experts are […]

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. […]

A protest by public sector workers with support from private employees in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou. The workers were opposing the imposition of a new […]

A third coronavirus case has been confirmed in KwaZulu-Natal.The third confirmed coronavirus patient is a woman, who was part of group that had travelled to Italy. […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended by one year sanctions against Zimbabwe saying that the new government’s policies continue to pose an “unusual and extraordinary” threat […]

The economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak for African airlines is only becoming clearer now. For Kenya airways, the losses amount to $8m almost a month […]

Widespread power cuts are blamed for pushing South Africa’s economy, the continent’s most industrialized, into recession, according to official statistics released Tuesday. The South African economy […]

The United Nations’ Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has resigned his position. Lebanese academic and diplomat Ghassan Salamé […]

Guinea Bissau’s political crisis continues to escalate following the failure by the two presidential candidates to agree on the outcome of December’s election. While ex-prime minister […]

Opposition parties in Burundi are accusing authorities of intimidating, arresting and murdering its members ahead of the May presidential elections. Police on Tuesday said they had […]

Ethiopia said it would release dozens of high-profile prisoners from jail, including opposition activists held over an alleged coup and other high-ranking government critics. A spokesman […]

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Agency on Tuesday warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa, as a small group of desert locusts entered […]