Militia enters city in east DR Congo escorted by police
Around 100 heavily-armed rebel fighters entered the city of Bunia in eastern DR Congo with a police escort on Friday.
Locusts now threatening parts of southern Africa, UN says
Locusts are threatening another part of Africa, with up to 7 million people in the southern region facing further food
Kenya records 179 new cases of COVID-19
Kenya has 34,884 declared cases of the coronavirus following the recording of 179 more infections after an analysis of 4,178 samples
Mozambique to assess possibility of using TB vaccine for COVID-19
Health authorities in Mozambique will start conducting a study this month to assess the possibility of using the Tuberculosis vaccine
Uganda renews fight to eliminate malaria by 2030
Uganda says it is fast-tracking efforts to eliminate malaria, which continues to take lives and bleed the country’s economy more
‘All civil servants to retire at 65’:President Mnangagwa
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved the harmonization of the retirement age in the civil service to 65 years with
Ghana, Nigeria hold talks to end diplomatic spat
Nigeria and Ghana began talks to improve in bilateral relations arising from the alleged maltreatment of Nigerians in Ghana. Senior
South Sudan registers over 1,500 cases of child marriage in five months: survey
More than 1,500 teenage girls in South Sudan have either been married off or impregnated since April, a new report
Thousands rally to support Congo’s threatened Nobel Laureate
A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats
World food prices reach highest level since February
World food prices in August rose to the highest level since February, due to a “firmer demand” for grains, cereals,