Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities have announced that they have leased 10 islets to domestic and foreign investors in a move aimed at promoting the blue economy. The…
Author: Babatunde Oguntimehin
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared an end of a meningitis outbreak in the territory of Banalia, in northeastern Tshopo province. According to Health…
Uganda has charged 15 people, including a pregnant woman, with terrorism over their alleged role in recent attacks blamed on a rebel group. The country was…
Four United Nations ( UN) special rapporteurs have condemned the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill as infringing on the civil and political rights of Zimbabweans…
Survivors of a series of mass killings committed in Burundi from 1972 to 1973 by the Tutsi-dominated army against the Hutu ethnic group have welcomed a…
African Innovators in the education sector took center stage at the 2021 RewirEd summit, which took place at the Expo 2020 Dubai. The summit, led by…
Africans, home and abroad have continued to congratulate Zannah Mustapha who was named among top 10 CNN Heroes 2021 for making the world a better place.…
The Senate on Wednesday failed to override the President’s veto on the 2010 Electoral Act (amendments) Bill 2021. The red chamber made the u-turn after a…
Key officials at Libya’s election commission have resigned insisting it is unable to hold the landmark election as scheduled on Dec. 24. The chief of Libya’s…
The UN Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by three months to allow Mogadishu negotiate an…