Authorities say no less than 52 people have died in Niger floods with 34 being injured and thousands losing their homes. This includes five who died between Tuesday and Wednesday

The Nigerian government says there are no plans to enforce another lockdown as the country records a spike in Covid-19 cases. The country’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire told journalists

Popular Mozambican actress, producer and director, Hermelinda Simela, has died while giving birth in hospital. The 38-year-old was being treated for complications caused by the delivery, but her newborn daughter

Mobile phone social media and messaging apps have been restricted in Zambia as the country continues to vote in a general election, internet monitoring service Netblocks says. This means that

All Egyptian athletes who won medals in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics will have roads named after them, the country’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has announced. Mr Sisi said this in

The wife of a former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari, Hadiza Shagari is dead, with the family stating she died of Covid complications She died on Thursday in the Nigerian capital,

Zambians are voting in nationwide elections after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Approximately seven million citizens are registered to vote for

The suspension order placed on the microblogging platform, Twitter by the federal government since June may soon be lifted, Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, has said. This is just

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s low share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow to Africa between 2015 and 2019 is a cause of concern. Buhari, who spoke at a

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), has finally agreed to pay compensation for oil spillages in the Ogoni community of Rivers State, to the tune of N45 billion (about

The Nigerian government has approved a broad policy that will guide tolling operations across the West African country. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave the approval after its meeting on

The Kaduna state government has appealed to the Nigerian Army to deploy more troops to the state to boost the ongoing operations against bandits and kidnappers. The Deputy Governor of

Sudan is set to hand over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) several of its former leaders, including deposed autocrat Omar al-Bashir, wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes

Air Peace is to commence scheduled commercial flights from Lagos and Port Harcourt to Douala, the capital of Cameroon, on August 19. The airline also announced that it is set

Authorities in Guinea have ordered civil servants in the West African country to prove that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before they are allowed to access their workstations. The

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to appear on Wednesday before the country’s long-running corruption inquiry and is expected to testify in the corruption trial of his former counterpart

Nigeria ranks 161st on the 2020 Global Youth Development Index, a significant drop from the last ranking which measures the status of young people in 181 countries around the world.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has issued a call for all eligible civilians to join the armed forces as fighting raged in multiple regions of Africa’s second-most populous nation. The