US Vice Pesident Kamala Harris visits Africa/in /by
Vice President Harris is expected to visit Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia as she focuses on economic development, climate change, food security and a rising youth population
LGBTQ community in Kenya living under fear/in /by
The recent approval of an anti-gay law in Uganda has spread fear in neighbouring Kenya's LGBTQ community
Morocco and Brazil go head to head in Tangier/in /by
Following an historic fourth place at the World Cup, the Lions of the Atlas are looking ahead for more success in world football
“Hotel Rwanda” hero Rusesabagina set for release/in /by
Paul Rusesabagina, an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, is set to be released
UK’s Home Office insists Rwanda is “safe” for deported refugees/in /by
Rejecting criticism of Rwanda's woeful human rights record, Suella Braverman said it would be a "blessing" for refugees to be deported there from the UK.
Nigerian senator convicted in London organ trafficking case/in /by
In addition to the 60-year-old senator, his wife Beatrice, 56, and a doctor who acted as a go-between, Obinna Obeta, 50, were also found guilty of conspiring to bring the young man, from Lagos, to the UK to have his kidney removed.
DR Congo: Skilling up the slums in Kinshasa/in /by
Eliane Kibubi, a young lawyer, started up the NGO Pakadjuma Resilience to give some of the women and children in a notorious slum some free education.
Uganda: American couple accused of child torture released on bail/in /by
A Ugandan court has granted bail to an American couple arrested in December for torturing the 10-year-old child in their care, their lawyer told AFP on Thursday.
Cameroon: Biya’s party wins all Senate seats/in /by
The party of President Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon for more than 40 years, unsurprisingly won all 70 seats in the indirectly elected Senate on March 12, the Constitutional Council announced Thursday.
Ministerial reshuffle in the DRC: Bemba in Defense, Kamerhe in the Economy/in /by
A reshuffle of the government was announced overnight from Thursday to Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), now in office Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde but redesigning the ministerial team nine months before the next presidential election.