Category: Africa

Source: BBC  A Rwandan beekeeper living in the US has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in his country. Faustin Nsabumukunzi

Source: Vanguard News  The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points in five years to 2027. The World

Source: BBC  Burkina Faso’s military government has said it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the

Source: BBC  Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty – has won Saturday’s

In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national

Source: Reuters  West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a

Source: BBC  South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar, a long-time rival of the country’s President Salva Kiir, has been placed under house arrest, his party

Source: BBC A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the international security force has gone missing after an attack by suspected gang

Source: BBC  The Islamic police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have arrested Muslims seen eating and drinking publicly, as well as those selling

Source: BBC  A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain. He knew