HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s central bank is due to begin circulating new banknotes on Monday, which it…
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‘Mentally ill people being mistreated in Nigeria’, says HRW
NIGERIA The campaign group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), says thousands of mentally ill people in Nigeria…
Uganda, DR Congo to address security challenges
Trade, investment heart to Africa’s future – President Museveni STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri Museveni has…
President receives Swedish investors
Kampala,Uganda: The Country’s leader Yoweri Museveni met and held discussions with a delegation of 15 Swedish investors…
Studies resume at Makerere after protests
KAMPALA, Uganda Studies at Makerere University have resumed in some colleges as students wait for Parliament’s…
‘Positive step’ taken in Nigeria against sexual harassment
NIGERIA An anti-sexual harassment bill aimed at protesting university students in Nigeria has passed second reading.…
UN call for ‘national dialogue’ in Guinea
GUINEA The UN secretary general’s special hundreds of people.representative for West Africa and the Sahel has…
DR Congo army kills 25 rebels in fighting in the east
DR CONGO The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has killed 25 rebel…
Bushfire threatens wildlife in Ethiopian park
ETHIOPIA A huge fire has destroyed more than 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of Kafta Sheraro National…
IS and al-Shabab militants publicly executed in Puntland
SOMALIA Five men found to be members of al-Shabab and the Islamic State group in Somalia…
Jack Dorsey: No questions for Twitter CEO in Nigeria
NIGERIA Journalists in Nigeria have expressed disappointment after no questions were permitted at a meeting with…
Kolo Toure ‘wants to win World Cup for Africa’
AFRICA Leicester City Manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that his assistant, former Ivorian international Kolo Toure,…
Trump to “cut the ribbon” for Ethiopia’s controversial dam
ETHIOPIA US President Donald Trump has told ministers from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan that he will…
Equatorial Guinea appoint Migne as coach
E.GUINEA Equatorial Guinea Football Federation has appointed Sebastien Migne, the former coach of Kenya’s national football…
Burkina Faso president declares three days of mourning
BURKINA FASO Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Kabore has declared three days of national mourning following…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey arrives in Nigeria
NIGERIA The co-founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey is in Nigeria for the start of…
Locust outbreak ‘wreaking havoc in Ethiopia’
ETHIOPIA An outbreak of locusts in Ethiopia is worsening and could spread to neighboring Kenya, Eritrea,…
Ecobank fighting against Non-Communicable Diseases in Togo as it marks the 7th Edition of Ecobank Day
LOME, Togo, Ecobank is committed to various causes to better address the challenges facing the continent,…