Zimbabwe has begun an oral vaccination drive to curb a cholera outbreak which has claimed at least 49 lives over the past month, a WHO official…
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Cost of governance is at an all-time high across Africa, new reports suggest. But are Africans getting value for money from those in government, especially parliamentarians…
The deportation of Kenya’s Professor Patrick Mulumba by the Zambian government over subtle fears expressed by its trading partner, the Chinese, that a scheduled speaking event…
On October 2nd 1958, Guinea gained its independence from France. 60 years later, Guineans attend a military parade marking the anniversary of the country’s independence from…
“In relation to this election, I’m not proud first of all. The old guy there, I wasn’t even born when he was in power in colonial…
Uganda recently signed a deal with a German firm to start printing its own security documents like bank notes, passports and cheques locally. The signing of…
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians gathered in upbeat mood for the annual festival of the Oromo people, the biggest ethnic group in the country, a year…
I quickly followed suit, and descending into the bar-room accosted the grinning landlord very pleasantly. I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.
Faced with the only chance to save a child’s life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first — transplanting part of the liver from…
Among many other fine qualities, my royal friend Tranquo, being gifted with a devout love for all matters of barbaric vertu, had brought together in Pupella whatever rare things the more ingenious of his people could invent.