NIGERIA (AFP) -Islamic religious police in northern Nigeria arrested a man who put himself up for sale to escape biting poverty, a local official said Wednesday. Aliyu Idris, 26, was arrested on... Read more »
GAMBIA( AP)-The joyful sound of traditional drums, young boys are dressed in white woods, a traditional ceremony is taking place. This is the coming-of-age ceremony, which includes a mysterious character – the... Read more »
SUDAN (AFP) -Economic activities are on halt in Khartoum, and telecommunications have been cut off, as Sudanese partake in a nationwide civil disobedience in response to a military coup, which was announced... Read more »
Kenya, Somalia, Algeria and Tunisia are experiencing the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says. Another 33 countries are battling the third... Read more »
Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday. It marks the first time that... Read more »
Some tea growers in Kenya are shifting to produce other crops as climate change threatens tea plantation in the country. Once a hub to perfect tea-growing conditions, the world’s largest black tea... Read more »
Conservationists in Malawi have launched an ambitious project to rear 50,000 endangered Mulanje cycads – palm-like trees with poisonous leaves that have been around since before the time of the dinosaurs. Carl... Read more »
Kenya on Sunday recorded 241 new Covid-19 cases, one more fatality and 1,401 recoveries, the Health ministry said in a statement to newsroom. The new patients were found after the analysis of... Read more »
The rejection comes a day after the former leader turned himself to police, but still challenged his sentence. A South African court has rejected former South African President Jacob Zuma’s request to... Read more »
President vows not to return the country to war as world’s youngest nation marks 10 years of independence with little to celebrate. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, in a speech marking 10... Read more »