Category: Africa

* As body lies in state Hundreds of people have queued to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as his body lies in state

Protesters have been calling for the president to resign over insecurity Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has admitted to problems that “must be

Motorbike gunmen kill 21 in fr The authorities are being criticised for failing to tackle the violence Gunmen in the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto

Source: BBC At least 25 children aged five to six have died after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in southern Niger, officials say. Several others

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the country’s digital currency, eNaira. The event was held on Monday at the State House in Abuja, with the Vice

Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers

Hundreds of Sudanese pro-military protesters participated in last Friday’s prayer on the seventh day of a sit-in outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, in demand

A nineteen year old Liberian who returned $50,000 he found to its owner has been named an “integrity ambassador” in the West African nation, and rewarded

*Over Rwanda incursion Democratic Republic of Congo’s Defence Minister Gilbert Kabanda has been summoned by MPs to explain how Rwandan troops were able to cross

Victims of the Nigerian security forces’ crackdown on anti-police brutality protestors have yet to get justice one year on from nationwide demonstrations, according to international