President Museveni travels to Guinea for two-day official visit
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday traveled to Guinea for an official two-day visit at the invitation of his counterpart
BRICS ministers gather in Durban to discuss global security challenges
Security ministers from China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa are gathered in Durban to hold discussions on security and
Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli
Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard official said
Madagascar’s presidential poll scheduled for Nov. 7
Madagascar’s recently appointed Prime Minister Christian Ntsay has announced that the island nation will head to the polls on 7
Ten dead as ethnic violence flares in Ethiopia
Ten people have been killed in ethnic clashes in western Ethiopia, state media said on Thursday, as aid agencies warned
Ghana’s president fires electoral commission head, two deputies
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo fired the head of the country’s Electoral Commission on Thursday for “misbehaviour and incompetence”, Information Minister
DRC says countdown toward end of Ebola outbreak begins
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry says the countdown toward the end of its latest Ebola outbreak has begun, as
Nigerian, 35, takes a shot at 2019 presidential vote
A 35-year-old Nigerian on Thursday said he wants to become the country’s youngest presidential candidate, taking advantage of a newly
Kenya’s Lake Turkana put on World Heritage danger list
A Unesco panel on Thursday added Lake Turkana, a conservation hotspot in Kenya and a candidate site for the birthplace
Nigerian oil tanker fire kills nine in commercial capital Lagos
An oil tanker truck caught fire in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Thursday, killing nine people and burning out 53