Africa

Over 50 people, including civilians, are believed to have been killed after Ethiopian forces bombed a busy market in the embattled northern region of Tigray. According to eyewitnesses, the Ethiopian Air Force struck the town of Togoga on Tuesday afternoon. The bombings came...

A Zambian television news presenter stunned viewers when he demanded that the television network pay his and his colleagues' salaries. He made the demand during a live news broadcast. The event happened on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Kabinda Kalimina, who works for...

An American citizen, John Marsh, who was in Ethiopia to witness the country's sixth general election was discovered dead in the capital, Addis Ababa on Tuesday. Mr. Marsh served as a member of the Carter Center's observation team. The Addis Ababa...

Angola lifted their third consecutive Handball Championship trophy last week Friday in Yaounde, after defeating hosts Cameroon 25-15. At the Multipurpose Sports Complex, the defending champions had to work for their victory, trailing 14-7 at halftime. Bernardo Natalia Maria was outstanding for the southern...

Police announced Tuesday that four Chinese rail workers abducted last week in southwest Nigeria had been freed. The four were kidnapped from a rail construction site in Alaagba village, Ogun state, on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen who also murdered their...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the establishment of a hub in South Africa to provide know-how and licenses to companies in developing countries to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, in what President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as a historic step...

Zambia's Founding President Kenneth Kaunda will be put to rest on July 7 at the capital's presidential burial grounds, the government disclosed Monday. Vice President (VP) Inonge Wina, who announced the burial, said that it would be "very private" and...

A senior presidential advisor on epidemics, Dr. Monica Musenero said the government has made considerable progress in producing the much-discussed made-in-Uganda vaccines. She said this in an interview with Nobert Atukunda of Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper. According to Dr. Musenero,...

Ethiopian polling stations opened on Monday, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling Prosperity Party is widely predicted to retain power. The next government will be formed by the party that wins a majority of seats in the House of People's...

The President of Liberia, George Weah, has urged that the reforms of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should be aimed not only at reducing costs, but also increasing efficiency. He made the call in a speech at...