A bronze head that the University of Aberdeen acquired at an auction in 1957 has been returned to Nigeria. Following a recent review of its provenance,…
Author: Babatunde Oguntimehin
The World Health Organization says only five African countries, less than 10 percent of the continent’s nations are on track to meet the goal of vaccinating…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s bid to join the East African Community (EAC) has passed the technical committee stage with final verdict by the regional Council…
Tunisia’s independent media regulator HAICA has closed a television station, Nesma TV, owned by the Heart of Tunisia party leader, Nabil Karoui. According to a statement…
Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its refusal to pay his pension and retirement benefits. Charles Taylor is…
The African Union (AU) chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the immediate and unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by western powers at the…
A convoy carrying 343 Burundian refugees returned to the country from Uganda on Monday. This brings the number of refugees who have voluntarily returned to Burundi…
A South African judge has dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to remove the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial. Zuma had argued…
Egyptian President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he’s ending the state of emergency which has been in force since April 2017 in the North African…
More than 500 participants, including over 60 foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union are meeting in Kigali for the AU-EU ministerial…