Saturday, November 7, 2026

Africa

September 4, 2024

Botswana’s general elections hold October 30

Masisi is running for re-election as the standard-bearer for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.

Botswana
September 3, 2024

ECOWAS solicits media support for Vision 2050

Mr Touray stated that the event was aimed at drawing up a work plan to promote peace, good governance and fight against disinformation in West Africa.

ECOWAS
September 3, 2024

At least 129 killed, female inmates raped in attempted prison break in Congo

Authorities shot dead 24 inmates of the Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa, while dozens of others were suffocated or trampled to death.

Jailbreak in Congo
September 3, 2024

NDPC urges Somalia to strengthen data protection ecosystem

NDPC national commissioner Vincent Olatunji said this when data protection experts from Somalia visited Abuja.

Vincent Olatunji and Jamal Mohamed
August 30, 2024

24,000 people, mostly children, missing in Nigeria: Red Cross

The ICRC official said the 24,000 cases in Nigeria likely only represent a fraction of the total number of missing people in Nigeria.

August 29, 2024
Kashim Shettima
August 29, 2024

Ghana, U.S. sign agreement on modular reactor project

Ghana has signed a commercial deal with the United States for a small modular reactor project using NuScale Power technology.

Nana Akufo-Addo
August 28, 2024

10 foreigners die after bus overturns in South Africa

In March, 45 people travelling from Botswana to South Africa were killed in another bus accident.

Road crash in South Africa
August 28, 2024

Tanzania’s Ndugulile nominated as next WHO African region director

Mr Ndugulile’s nomination will be submitted for appointment by the 156th session of the WHO executive board, which takes place in February 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

African member states voted to nominate Ndugulile during the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa
August 28, 2024

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

Twenty villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed” after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians.

Collapsed dam