South Africa’s anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 95
Andrew Mlangeni, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela in 1964 after a treason trial, has died...
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DHUL-HIJJAH: Nigerian Islamic Council announces sighting of Crescent
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh....
Court adjourns Bashir’s 1989 coup trial until August
A Sudanese court has adjourned the hearing of the ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s 1989 coup trial as crowds swarmed...
Egyptian parliament approves deployment of armed forces in Libya
The Egyptian parliament has approved possible deployment of armed forces in Libya. The military intervention was approved on Monday July...
Tanzania ignores Covid-19, fixes date for general election
The Tanzanian electoral body has fixed October 28, 2020, for the country’s general election. While disclosing this on Tuesday July...
Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan declared missing in Islamabad
A prominent Pakistani journalist, Matiullah Jan, has been declared missing in Islamabad. While disclosing this on Tuesday July 21, 2020,...
EU provides €64 million humanitarian aid for most vulnerable in Southern Africa
The European Commission has provided a total of €64.7 million in humanitarian aid for countries in the southern Africa region...
Mali: Opposition rejects negotiations, insists president resign
Mali's opposition has turned down a plan offered by an international body for peace arbitration, insisting on its demand that...
India donates medicines to Nigeria, seeks collaboration to produce Covid-19 vaccines.
India has donated 587 cartons of essential medicines needed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic to Nigeria and has also sought...
Libya: HOR calls for investigation into Sergiwa’s disappearance
The Libyan House of Representatives has called for a renewed investigation aimed at uncovering the fate of the disappeared MP,...
Kenya: Prison warden arrested for raping COVID-19 patient
A police report from Kenya has announced the arrest of a prison warden for allegedly raping a female patient in...
COFP collaborates with FPI, organizes InterFaith Leaders’ Dialogue Forum
As part of its COVID-19 intervention program, Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace in collaboration with Faith for Peace Initiative has...
Nigeria: Kano Assembly enacts castration as punishment for rape
The Kano State House of Assembly has, without opposition, consented to the review and amendment of the State’s Penal Code...
Chinese firm wins $6.8M contract to supply security equipment to Canada’s embassies
The government of Canada has awarded a $6.8 million contract to a state-owned Chinese company to supply security equipment for...
OPEC+ eases oil cuts as world economy slowly recovers
Saudi's Energy Minister, Abdulaziz bin Salman has announced that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, including...
Nigerian Muslim leaders applaud CBN non-interest intervention programs
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of its President-General, His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji...
Stranded migrants face torment, abuse in Yemen
The United Nations migration agency has reported that thousands of African migrants especially Ethiopians are subjected to torment and various...
The Gambia presidential candidate expelled over circulation of nude videos, pictures
The Gambia Action Part has announced the expulsion of its presidential candidate, Hon. Lamin Bojang, following the circulation of his...
Ethiopia begins filling Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Seleshi Bekele, has announced that Ethiopia has begun filling of the Grand Renaissance...
Kenyan father forces teenage daughter into marriage
Kenyan authorities have rescued a 12-year girl after she was forcefully married to two men in a space of one...
Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot dies
The news of the death of Nigerian Air Force’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has been reported. Tolulope...
Houthis arrest, maltreat 157 Yemeni women
A Human Rights group has reported that the Houthis have arrested nothing less than 157 Yemeni mothers over the past...
Egypt condemns missile attacks on Saudi, warns of instability in Yemen
The Egyptian government has condemned the drone and ballistic missile attacks by Yemeni Houthi militias on Saudi Arabia. While condemning...
Suicide Bombing: Somalia military commander narrowly escapes death
General Yusuf Rage has escaped unscathed on Monday July 14, 2020, after a suicide bomber drove a car loaded with...
Dr Congo: Protesters demand removal of Ronsard Malonda as new election chief
Thousands of protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa have called for the removal of Ronsard Malonda as...
WHO records 50 cases of Ebola virus in Congo
World Health Organisation has recorded nearly 50 cases of Ebola virus in Congo, evidencing the active existence of the virus....
Egypt grounds kites as national security precaution
A member of the Egyptian parliament, have declared that kites pose a threat to national security and demanded that its...
Denmark donates $1 million relief fund to WFP to assist refugees in Kampala
The government of Denmark has announced $1 million donation to the United Nations World Food Programme to assist refugees in...
Nigeria: Foreign Affairs minister receives WHO Representative to address pandemic, health challenges
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama has received the new World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo...
Libya: IRC seeks testing of migrants to curtail surge in Covid-19 cases
The International Rescue Committee has warned that migrants, refugees and asylum seekers intercepted at sea and returned to Libya must...
Sudan protects girl-child dignity, criminalizes mutilation
Sudan's highest governing body has approved a law criminalising female genital mutilation (FGM). This was disclosed on Friday July 10,...
Eight Chadian soldiers killed in landmine laid by rebels
Not less than eight soldiers lost their lives in Western Chad and more than a dozen wounded when their vehicle...
Morocco sets to reopen borders after strict lockdown
Moroccoan government has announced plan to gradually reopen its air and maritime borders next week after a total lockdown across...
Muslim woman partners Christian foundation, distributes food items to teachers, others
A Muslim woman, Mrs Haleemah Olamade Ahmad, has partnered Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace, to support people with food items...
MUSWEN, scholars evaluate Islamic views on Covid-19, recommend way forward
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria has organized a webinar to determine the views of Islamic scholars and other...
WHO donates equipment, transport facilities to Zambian Ministry of Health
The WHO Country Office in Zambia has continued working jointly with other United Nations Agencies and other partners to strengthen...
FAO receives additional €15 million from EU to fight Desert Locusts, impacts on food security
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has received a €15 million contribution from the European Union to...
Hundeessaa’s Murder: Violent demonstration erupts, death toll rises in Ethiopia
The death toll from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia following the murder of a popular singer, Haacaaluu...
AfDB appoints new acting Vice President to replace Jennifer Blanke
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced the appointment of Wambui Gichuri as Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and...
WHO urges strong COVID-19 safety measures as African countries resume air travel
The World Health Organization has urged African countries to to put strong safety measures in places following the reopening of...
AEC hopeful of quick resolution of disagreements over fuel shortages in Tanzania
The African Energy Chamber has expressed its concerns over the alleged arrest and detention of three energy executives in Tanzania...
Burkina Faso resumes Polio Vaccination Campaign under strict COVID-19 prevention measures
Burkina Faso has concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174 304 children under five years of age in...
Poverty Alleviation: NASFAT unveils empowerment program, distributes items, cash to members
The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society, Kaduna Branch, on Sunday July 5, 2020, unveiled an empowerment program to lessen financial burdens among...
Konnect Africa offers Broadband Internet Connection to all isolation centers in Sokoto State
Konnect, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications has announced plan to connect the entire African continent to very high speed Internet,...
Rwandan Rugby receives support to fight Covid-19 pandemic
Rwanda Rugby Federation has received financial aid to support their respective clubs, referees, players and coaches to combat the Covid-19...
Atlas Petroleum resumes development of OML109 in Nigeria
Atlas Petroleum International has resumed work over activities and well interventions on OML 109 in Nigeria in order to enhance...
Atlas Petroleum resumes development of OML109 in Nigeria
Atlas Petroleum International has resumed work over activities and well interventions on OML 109 in Nigeria in order to enhance...
Covid-19: Herb loses potency, Madagascar imposes strict lockdown on capital city
Malagasy authorities have announced plan to restrict movement in the country’s capital city following the spike in coronavirus cases. The...
30 Years on Throne: Nigerian legislator extols, felicitates King Akinrun
A Nigerian legislator, Hon. Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi, who represents Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency, in the Green Chamber, has...
Sudan prepares to receive returning nationals
The Government of Sudan last month began facilitating the return of an estimated 15,000 Sudanese nationals stranded overseas, many in...
SA Govt begins investigation into supply of scrap to Metals Industry in response to COVID-19
The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Ebrahim Patel, has issued a trade policy directive to the International Trade...
Sierra Leone doctors begin strike, abandon COVID-19 patients
A health worker has reported that, medical doctors treating COVID-19 patients in Sierra Leone have gone on strike over unpaid...
ADF approves $165 million grant for Ethiopia’s national COVID-19 emergency response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has on 3rd July approved a grant of $165.08 million...
Taiwan, Somaliland agree to establish Representative Offices
Taiwan government has reached a mutual agreement with the Somaliland government to establish Representative Offices in Somaliland. While disclosing this...
Hundessa Death: 80 people reportedly killed in Ethiopia unrest
At least 80 people have been reportedly killed in unrest in Ethiopia following the death of a popular singer, Hachalu...
Egypt reopens airports, welcomes tourists to pyramids after COVID closure
After three months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Egypt has commenced international flights and reopened major tourist attractions...
ADF approves $9.52 million to enhance coordinated Covid-19 response in East, Horn of Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the...
UNICEF : Over 84,000 children with severe acute malnutrition treated in South Sudan
UNICEF has announced that a total of 84,625 children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan have been treated in...
Sudanese ignore lockdown, stage protest to demand civilian rule
Protesters gathered despite a coronavirus lockdown to demand greater civilian rule in the transition towards democracy. Sudanese have ignored the...
Japan provides UNICEF $4 million for Covid-19 response in Ethiopia
The Government of Japan has provided a new grant aid to Ethiopia, which is worth over USD 4 million, through...