President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called for unity among West African States and those in the Sahel to deal with security challenges in their respective nations. Also, the Chief of

Rwanda is experiencing a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths despite ongoing vaccination efforts days after President Paul Kagame warned there could be a “new lockdown”. The country’s health

About seven million Nigerians have been pushed below the poverty line in 2020 due to the rapid rise in prices of commodities. The international financial institution said food prices accounted

Mozambique is on high alert as the country continues to witness an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. The Southern Africa country’s health ministry says cases had gone down

Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted to a hospital in the country’s capital, Lusaka for pneumonia, a close aide has said. A statement from his office says the

More South Africans are heading to the small village in Kwazulu-Natal in search for what they believe are diamonds. This comes after a man herding cattle discovered what he thought

Fatouma was at home with her children in the town of Bambari when the firing began, on the afternoon of February 15. Terrified, she gathered them up and fled to

No fewer than 25 persons were feared killed by gunmen in separate attacks on communities in Nigeria’s North-Central Benue and Plateau States. While 12 persons were killed in Sabon Layi

Eighteen supporters of Uganda’s opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi have been released by the military court in Kampala has released on bail. The supporters of Mr Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine were arrested at

Twitter is under siege in two countries that are critical for its global growth plans. The social media giant has been ensnared in a battle with the Indian government for

Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request: to return and take part

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after collapsing while attending a public event. He was presiding over the national defence day on Sunday when “he

States have unveiled strategies to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) to ensure financial autonomy for the legislature and judiciary, THISDAY has learnt. The MoA was signed on June 4

Twitter CEO and billionaire co-founder Jack Dorsey, is extremely bullish on the future of bitcoin in Nigeria. He says Nigerians will lead bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value. “The

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become