Zimbabwe has lifted a 2020 ban on by-elections, paving the way for what observers say will be a mini-general election on March 26. President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
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Eighteen major restaurants and hotels in Rwanda’s capital Kigali have been temporarily closed and fined for violating the rules, as the country steps up efforts to…
An airstrike hit a refugee camp in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, killing three Eritrean refugees, including two children, the United Nations said on Thursday. The strike…
France has taken South Africa off its COVID-19 red list, abolishing mandatory quarantine requirements for vaccinated travellers from the country. In the new decree published on…
Tanzania’s National Assembly Speaker Job Ndugai resigned on Thursday, just three days after apologising to President Samia Suluhu over his remarks on the country’s borrowing. In a…
Nigeria’s federal government on Wednesday disclosed that henceforth it would charge offshore companies providing digital services to local customers in Nigeria a six per cent tax…
The Prime Minister of Cabo Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, said on Wednesday that at least five members of the government have been infected with the…
Morocco and China on Wednesday signed an agreement sealing a strategic partnership between the two nations as part of Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative. The accord, a…
China is set to appoint a special envoy for the Horn of Africa to support efforts to overcome security challenges, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang…
Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen already severe laws against same-sex relations. According to a…