Former South African president Jacob Zuma will once again fail to appear before a commission probing suspicions of widespread corruption, one of his lawyers, Eric Mabuza has said. The move has sparked

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has rallied farmers in the country to increase food production, predicting global food scarcity later in the year caused by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for Benin Republic to be a good neighbour to Nigeria. The president, while hosting his Beninoise counterpart, Mr. Patrice Talon, stressed the importance

Poultry farmers under the aegis of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on Tuesday warned of the possible loss of over five million jobs in the sector due to the various

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced 6th November 2021 as the date for the conduct of the Anambra State Governorship election. In a statement sent to ARISE News and signed by

Uganda has accused the United States of trying to subvert last week’s presidential elections after the US ambassador attempted to visit an opposition leader being held under house arrest. The

Zimbabwean banks have closed about 17% of their branches as an escalation in the number of coronavirus infections spurs lenders to shut their doors for the time being and accelerate

Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lockdown on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that have resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said nine African nations and Iran should lose their voting rights as required under the UN Charter after defaulting on payment of their dues to

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), on Monday warned that Nigeria could no longer fold its hands

Nigeria’s federal government has proposed the deployment of 52 non-career ambassadors to its foreign missions abroad. According to the one-page list, a former Deputy Editor of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr. Oma

Uganda’s pop star turned opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, who is better known as Bobi Wine has said the US ambassador was “turned away” from his home by soldiers during an

Tunisian president Kais Saied has urged protesters to desist from vandalizing private and public properties shortly after he met with residents of Ettadhamen city. It comes after a fourth consecutive

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday defended Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, over his Christmas homily, saying the attacks on him by the federal government and

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday warned of another lockdown if citizens continue to disregard non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19. At its briefing on Monday in

Nigeria’s federal government has said it will strive to procure vaccines for at least 70% of its population. The government also said it has released N10 billion (about $25m) to

Schools in Ghana have reopened for the 2020/2021 calendar after ten months of closure with temperature checks and the wearing of masks mandatory to check the spread of the coronavirus.

Nigerian Governors are expected to come up with a “definitive pronouncement” on Wednesday when they hold their 23rd meeting and work out an appropriate response to curb the “alarming intensity of the second

The US State Department has called for “independent, credible, impartial, and thorough investigations” into “many credible reports” of irregularities in Uganda’s general election last week. Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni was