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After three years of failed rains, the animals in the southern Ethiopian vill
A Ugandan cabinet minister is to spend Easter in jail after being cha
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday for a state visit to
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a written statement at Moscow Vnukovo Airpo
China Media Group (CMG) Africa on Thursday hosted a workshop under
China Media Group (CMG) Africa on Friday held a forum entitled “Opportuniti
Hundreds of people including Ghana's president have paid their last r
Ethiopia's Public Health Institute (EPHI) says a cholera outbreak has killed
The UK government and Education unions have agreed to begin intensive talks o
South African Police Minister Bheki Cele has urged the police to ensure that
China's President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow next week to hold
The Zambian government has provided two aircraft to help in rescue and distri
The death toll from Tropical Storm Freddy in Malawi has jumped from 225 to 32
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has announced the immediate allocation of c
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global cocaine prod
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Nigeria has sanctioned about 25 broadcast stations f
Top Japanese companies agreed to their largest pay increases in a quarte
Malawi and Mozambique are racing to rescue survivors from Tropical Cyclone Fr
Tropical Storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again on Sat
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been u
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned about the ongoing wage strike
A number of people were killed and injured in a shooting at a Jehovah
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province has bee
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has announced that municipal councils elected
Nigeria's electoral commission has postponed elections for state governors an
A German company says it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $34bn
Kenya has imposed an indefinite ban on milk powder imports to cushion local p
An alleged suicide attempt by a judge in Zambia - who is facing corruption ac
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The World Obesity Federation is urging governments to act because it predicts
A Greek passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train late on Tuesday,
Scores of Johannesburg residents are still battling water outages. This despi
At least 17 passengers have been injured, two of them seriously, after a Cond
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged G20 foreign ministers t
Mozambican authorities are setting up shelters and preparing to
On the last day of campaigning, politics is the furthest thing f
A Nigerian senatorial candidate was on Wednesday shot dead and his body burnt
ADDIS ABABA - UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for Africa to take
South African Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi believes a US Non-Gov
The reopening of land borders between Ivory Coast
A man armed with three guns fatally shot his ex-wife and five others
Most crime categories in South Africa have increased during the th
Bandits spraying villages with bullets killing residents and setting building
A request by a provincial government for a state funeral to be giv
One person has been killed and three injured in a shooting at a shopp
The electoral body in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has started vo
A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema says the country needs to double its
At least seven people have been killed and more than 230 buildings damaged fo
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to address the nation on Thursday
Cases of dead fish washing up on Maputo Bay in southern Mozambique
A two-day curfew has been called in a northern province
African governments must be wary of the risks created by rising global compet
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a National State of Dis
More than 17,000 people are confirmed to have died and
Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations, the presiden
Uganda's environmental management agency says it will start imposi
The authorities in Ethiopia have banned parallel rallies by supporters of the
The Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the country's
ANTAKYA - Freezing temperatures deepened the misery for survivors of a massiv
Police in Assam have arrested more than 1 800 men for marrying or arranging m
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Nigeria's outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to deal with the c
Children were injured on Thursday when a railing collapsed at a stadium in Si
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have called on the King
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King Charles III will not feature on Australia's new five dollar note
Pope Francis has called on young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo t
Nigeria’s electoral body says nearly 800 ballot boxes and over 200 voting c
Angolan President João Lourenço on Friday inaugurated the country’s first
One pilot has died after two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in
Seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Je
JOHANNESBURG - The power crisis that has struck South Africa can leave citize
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appo
Development partners have committed $30 billion to boost food prod
Kenya's deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country
A tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in
More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the
The Vatican’s envoy to Kinshasa, Archbishop Ettore
A summit on food security across Africa has heard calls for the
The United States government has announced a visa ban on some unnamed Nigeria
The Southern African regional bloc, Sadc, has expressed “deep concern” ov
Central banks around the world say digital currency regulation is slow. Centr
Seven people in Kakamas in the Northern Cape South Africa
State media in Ethiopia are warning that more than eight million people
Kenyan President William Ruto has backed the transformation of a
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of thi
Kenyan Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua says there are nationals in the diaspora
South Africa may face severe chicken shortages as a result of the power crisi
The cholera outbreak in Malawi, the worst in two decade
People across the UK are facing more rain, flooding and cold weather
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on preventing the sp
Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to include right-wing former presid
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has granted Eskom an 18.65% tar
The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron has said he will no
Uganda’s cabinet has agreed for the energy ministry to sign production-shar
A rule banning unmarried Nigerian police officers from get
Djibouti’s plans to build Africa’s first rocket-launch facility is a “v
US President Joe Biden is facing questions over classified files found at his
Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) say a new strai
The main opposition party in Benin, Les Democrates, has rejected provisional
Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians i
A stream of sensational claims and accusations from Prince Harry's au
Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representa
At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat
The first case of the COVID-19 sub-variant that is currently dominant in the
Botswana former President Ian Khama has filed an application at the High Cour
Mozambique has issued warnings of a possible tropical storm in the southern c
Mauritanian police at the Nouakchott airport have prevented former President
At least 14 people died and dozens others were injured on Thursday after two
Nigerian authorities say they recovered 10 bodies on Wednesday after a boat c
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Tens of thousands of people are expected in St Peter's Square in the Vatican
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has instructed officials to speed up
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95,
A court in Botswana has issued an arrest warrant for former President
A powerful winter storm that slammed North America has claimed more l
At least 10 people have been killed in a huge fire at a Cambodian hot
South Africa’s power company Eskom has reported a $704 million US dollar lo
Burkina Faso has ordered the top UN official in the country to leave immediat
Ethiopia’s wildlife authority is coordinating a team of hunters who are tra
Health experts say it has not been possible to begin a trial in Uganda of thr
Shell has agreed to pay $16m (£13m) to four Nigerian farmers and the
KHARTOUM - Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after
Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on W
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an 819.5 billion naira ($
The UN Security Council has eased a weapons embargo on the Democratic Republi
Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board has approved a 46-month
A two-year-old boy has survived being attacked by a hippopotamus near
A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected
Nigerian tech company, Klasha, has brought in a new policy which will allow i
US President, Joe Biden, has announced that he supports the African Union joi
Ghana’s annual inflation rate increased to 50.3% in November, up from 40.4%
Rescue workers have found 11 more bodies of people killed following floods on
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said nobody is going “to bully us" when i
A prominent football journalist from the United States has died while
The famous Congolese singer and dancer Tshala Muana has died at the a
One person has died after an explosion at a block of flats in Jersey.
JOHANNESBURG - The City of Johannesburg says there are plans to relocate
Nigerian lawmakers have summoned the country’s central bank governor over t
South Africa's passenger rail agency (Prasa) has banned preaching, gambling a
After seven years hosting a US late-night comedy prog
A UN investigation has found that at least 131 people were killed at the end
New research shows that when a pregnant woman works in extreme heat, it can p
Uganda's health minister will on Thursday receive a shipment of Ebola vaccine
Nine people have died in South Africa and eight are missing after a f
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Kenyan President William Ruto has suspended four electoral commissioners who
Churches and mosques in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have
The presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya says President Ramaphosa is c
Egypt plans to award deals next year to build 21 water desalination plants in
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele has confirmed that P
Nigeria’s finance minister Zainab Ahmed said on Thursday the country’s bo
A landslide on a motorway in southern Brazil has killed at least two
A campaign group in Malawi has launched a series of events to encourage men t
The Nigerian government has announced a policy aimed at promoting
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Twitter will provide a "general amnes
A tribunal in Algeria has sentenced 49 people to death for lynching an artist
China has recorded its highest number of daily Covid-19 cases sinc
South Africa's prison service has said it will challenge a court decision tha
A one-year-old child was mauled to death by a pit bull dog in South Africa's
Kenya's former leader, Uhuru Kenyatta, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have
South Africa's state power company, Eskom, has warned the public to expect wo
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7
The UN climate summit in Egypt has been extended by an extra day as talks rem
A 99-year-old woman, believed to be the world's oldest primary school
WASHINGTON - Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first female speaker of
World Health Organization Director General ,Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey
Former US President Donald Trump has launched his third bid for th
Talks are under way in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed
The Democrats have kept control of the US Senate after holding the state of N
SOUTH AFRICA- Traditional healer Tinyiko Tony Simango, 51, has been handed an
Police in South Africa has exhumed the body of a 12-year-old boy who was ille
Twitter has fired nearly all its staff in Ghana, which was home to it
A Tanzanian passenger plane has crash-landed into Lake Victoria next
Twitter has confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue-tick verified
The African Development Bank raised $31 billion in investment commitments for
All roads lead to Egypt for the COP27 climate talks. For 12 days, world leade
Kenyan officials say hundreds of wild animals including 205 elephants have di
A crowd of protestors has gathered outside the French parliament, demanding a
Wolves in parts of the Netherlands can be shot with paintballs in a bid to ma
Twitter says it will inform its staff today about whether they wil
Police in Gauteng South Africa are investigating cases of murder following th
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Tanzanian authorities on Thursday began rationing water in the commercial cap
Some members of the public in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, say despite the
The government in Togo says more than 4,000 people have been forced to flee t
Judge Piet Koen has postponed former president Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corru
The bodies of two women have been found in Mandela Park, west of Durban.
Communities in three Australian states have been ordered
US rapper Nicki Minaj has hit out at the Grammy Awards for putting he
A man was stabbed to death in Brooklyn, United States during a late-night cla
More than 100 flights to London's busy Heathrow Airport will be cancelled on
The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that between now and 2030, about
BANGKOK. – Two women were caught trying to board a flight
King Charles III's first address to the
New British Monarch King Charles III will make his fi
Angolan incumbent President, João Lourenço is seeking re-election, as the c
Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains have killed more tha
Nigeria’s airline operators have warned passengers against travelling due t
South Africa’s central bank has unveiled the biggest increase in
The Office of the Public Protector has confirmed that President Cyril Ramapho
Heat records tumbled and firefighters faced new blazes as much of Wes
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control says it is on a high alert following G
The UN says 44 West African migrants were rescued last week in northern Niger
Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife and the mother of three of his
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has said the party will bring a vote of
Tens of thousands residents have been told to evacuate their homes in
BROOKLYN - Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years i
At least 35 teenagers have been rescued from a so-called ‘’baby factory�
The World Health Organization (WHO) says plans by the Africa CDC to have the
Namibia's environment and tourism ministry says it has discovered the carcass
LONDON - Britain says it would pursue its controversial policy to deport asyl
Former US President Donald Trump orch
Authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiret
The United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres says the Russia-Uk
Ministers from various African countries say the spike in prices of imported
Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as France's President after a convinc
A number of Kenyan teachers say corporal punishment should be allowed in clas
A South African judge has postponed former President Jacob Zuma's corruption
Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech have cut prices of their Covid-19
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced the end of the n
Ghana has removed the mandatory requirement for face masks to be worn in publ
Backstage here in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, there is a shocked reacti
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an end to more Covid
In a bid to appease angry passengers, South africa's Kulula Airline is offeri
A China Eastern Passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in Southwest Ch
The death toll from Cyclone Gombe in Mozambique has jumped to 48, and the onl
Kenya has declared a yellow fever outbreak after three people died and 15 oth
Burkina Faso's new Head of state, Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba announ
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the global number of new Covid-
India has extended its international flight ban, despite a drop in Covid-19 c
19 family members died on Saturday in a head-on collision between a taxi and
Truck drivers in South Africa have embarked on a stay away protesting against
Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against Co
Two Benin bronzes have been returned to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more
The South African government has started tackling attacks on foreigners inclu
A patient with leukemia from the United States has become the first woman and
Tanzania is looking to set up its own vaccine manufacturing plant as part of
Hong Kong authorities say the City is being overwhelmed by the rise in Covid-
Nigeria's Parliament has declared ritual killings a national emergency, and h
Madagascar's death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai rose to 111 Friday, wi
The European Union has said it is lifting its financial sanctions against Bur
Senegal's President Macky Sall has declared today a public holiday to celebra
Australia has announced the reopening of its borders to vaccinated tourists a
South Africa's first digital census is due to begin this week and will conclu
The Biotech firm Moderna and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative say te
A hospital in the United States has rejected a patient for a heart transplant
The South African Nation Defence Force says investigations continu
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( Africa CDC
Hong Kong Police have arrested two flight attendants, for allegedly breaking
At least 10 people were killed in floods caused by heavy rains in Antananariv
Police in Ghana have a rescued a baby, trapped in a vehicle that was stolen f
Australia has revoked tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa for a second
Rwanda has lifted a ban on Concerts under its new coronavirus regulations, wh
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC) says it is
India reported close to 160 000 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday , as
Officials in the South African province of Eastern Cape say at lea
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and First Lady Isaura Nyusi have
More than 3,300 flights were cancelled around the world, more than
A man is set to appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the
More than 100 people have been trapped on the roof of Hong Kong's
Former South African President Jacob Zuma's legal team has delivered an appli
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US con
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The island nation of Barbados has declared itself the world's
Dutch police say they have detained a couple who
My Fellow South Africans,
BERLIN - Germany announced record coronavirus fatalities and infections on Th
Fully vaccinated visitors can enter from 30 April, and will have t
British Prime Minster Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have
More than 1,500 people suspected of being involved in human trafficking have
Malawi has asked boxing star Mike Tyson to become the official ambass
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, challenged a Unit
The Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa says it has put measures in pl
It is the first time the G20 leaders are meeting face-to-face sinc
The company said it would better "encompass" what it does, as it b
A court in Rwanda is due to deliver its verdict in the case of the former hot
The Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, with The Crown,
Nicki Minaj sparked an international furor when she alleged on Twitte
Shares in the Chinese technology company
Aid groups say Islamic terrorists in Mozambique are inc