Zimbabwe’s inventive Valentine’s: Cash bouquets and scrap metal hearts/in /by
Romance in Zimbabwe is taking strikingly inventive forms, reflecting life in an economy where cash reigns supreme and sustainability gains new social value.
Malawi launches polio vaccine programme/in /by
Malawi has started a vaccination programme across the commercial city of Blantyre after derived poliovirus was found in sewage samples.
DR Congo offers frontline freeze in step towards truce/in /by
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Friday it had "accepted the principle of a ceasefire" involving a "strict and immediate" freeze of positions in the conflict in the east of the country
Ugandans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine, reports say/in /by
A video posted online last month shows a group of soldiers in a snow-covered forest singing a Ugandan song. In the background, a Russian voice mocks them, calling them “disposable.”
Missing french tourist found dead after two-day desert search/in /by
The body of a French citizen has been found in northeastern Chad after two days of search efforts in the Sahara Desert, authorities announced on Friday.
Senegal navy patrol boat capsizes, three sailors missing/in /by
The Senegalese navy has launched a large-scale search operation to locate three sailors who went missing after their patrol boat capsized in poor weather conditions.
Nigeria: Date set for presidential election/in /by
Nigeria announced on Friday that it will hold the vote on February 20 next year, with a staggered timetable for legislative elections the same day. The vote is expected to see President Bola Tinubu seek another term.
Madagascar requests international help after cyclone devastation/in /by
At least 38 people were killed when a cyclone slammed into Madagascar's second-largest city this week, authorities said Thursday, as Mozambique braced for the storm's arrival
Senegal university crisis: Student bodies suspended after deadly unrest/in /by
Senegal's largest university said Thursday it had suspended student associations after violent demonstrations over scholarship payments turned deadly.
2 Nigerians fighting for Russia found dead in Luhansk after drone strike/in /by
The bodies of two Nigerians fighting for Russia have been found in eastern Ukraine, the country’s authorities said Thursday.